Activity:  Introduce students to concept of assessment as scientific observation.

Pre-Activity:  Homework, notebook, and online assignments.

Do Now:  Write in notebooks what you expect from this course, what you want the teacher to tell the world about your participation in this class, and what you want to do now that you are grown up.

Aim:  To create an assessment strategy that engages students and reflects their performance.

Major Assignment:  Ensure that the students understand that performance is the key to success.

Processes, Skills, Goals:  Linking actions to consequences, increasing motivation toward appropriate actions, and positive consequences.

Content:  Open dialogue with students on how the class can design an engaging, reflective, and appropriate assessment strategy.

Instructions:  Develop the next exam with student assistance.  Most likely essay, multiple choice, and one other form, as well as homework and notebook examination.  Consequences should extend up to removal from class.

Materials:  Notes on the value of the various assessment alternatives, including associations with aspects of scientific investigation and reporting.

Guiding Questions:  How is a teacher like a talent agent?  What do talent agents do for their clients?  Why do firms go to talent agents?  What talents do students have that teachers need to verify?  What skills?  What knowledge?  How do hiring managers find people for their company?  What is the role of essays in this system?  What is the role of Multiple Choice, True-False, and Fill-ins questions?  Which ones should we use on the next exam, and what content should be included?

Homework: Finish reading CREATE article and summarize meaning of each acronym in notebook.