Assessment through triangulation

Welcome to Module 4! Here, you'll learn how to plan your next assessment using triangulation :observations, conversations, and products ensuring every student has a fair opportunity to demonstrate their learning. Discover strategies and approaches to make assessment more equitable, transparent, and reliable in your mathematics classroom.

Assignment #5 - Teacher moderation handout

Explore a one-page process map designed for collaborative assessment of student work in Senior Mathematics. This artifact showcases a full cycle—from pre-meeting preparation to co-marking with Achievement Chart (K/T/C/A) language. It emphasizes equity moves like anonymizing samples and offering multiple modalities.

What it shows: The complete assessment cycle, including pre-meeting tasks, co-developing criteria, gathering evidence, co-marking, noting common "look-fors," calibrating levels, and planning responsive next steps. Equity moves are also highlighted.

Policy alignment: Grounded in Ontario’s Capacity Building Series: Teacher Moderation and the seven Fundamental Principles from Growing Success, with explicit use of triangulation and the province-wide Achievement Chart categories.

 

Proficiency task #4 - Descriptive feedback

Examine a sample of descriptive, criterion-referenced feedback on a student solution. This artifact highlights clear, specific, and timely feedback, with next steps tied to K/T/C/A and plain-language criteria students can easily understand and act upon.

What it shows: Clear, specific, timely feedback with next steps tied to K/T/C/A, using plain-language criteria.

Policy alignment: Aligned with descriptive feedback practices from Growing Success and explicit use of the Senior Mathematics Achievement Chart.

 

Reflection: Equitable assessment & evaluation

This module emphasizes the importance of equity, transparency, and reliability in assessment. It encourages planning and communicating assessment up front, providing multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate learning, and intentionally collecting triangulated evidence across time.

Key Takeaways:

  • Co-create success criteria with students and use them for clear, descriptive feedback.
  • Align evaluations to the Achievement Chart (K/T/C/A) and only assess what you’ve actually rehearsed no surprises.
  • Offer choice of modality (oral, visual, written) to keep assessment fair, transparent, and equitable.
  • Plan assessment for/as/of learning together, then evaluate what matters most understanding.

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