Global Education Student Assessment Tools Inventory
Asia Society Checklist for Teaching Global Competence- https://asiasociety.org/files/book-globalcompetence.pdf
The Asia Society Checklist for Teaching Global Competence identifies four main categories for which student skills are assessed. These key categories are arranged in an order that makes sense helping teachers assess if their students are progressing through increasingly challenging skills. A teacher can look at the categories and see a logical progression from one skill set to the next and can easily design a lesson pinpointing each skill set. This checklist is great as a general guide for the creation of an effective unit. Students begin in the first skill set of investigating the world. They are gaining background information laying a foundation for which to build the next set of skills. The logical next step is for students to recognize the perspectives from which they have investigated. Challenging students to put themselves in the subjects’ shoes and trying to get them to walk a mile helps create respect, appreciation and understanding for the subject matter. It also helps build to the next skill set allowing them to communicate what they learned with knowledge and passion. Students develop ways to demonstrate what they have learned and teach it to others. The have the knowledge to feel confident and competent in what they communicate and they have the understanding to evoke feelings and passion. The final category set in this assessment tool asks students to take action empowering them to step beyond the curriculum and take meaningful action in and around their community. This final step tops off the lesson and helps students put meaning and action to their research and hard work. The other great characteristic of this checklist is that it is subject specific. Teachers have the means to identify how student skills should be addressed within their own content area. The checklist identifies skills as they pertain to world languages, social studies, science, mathematics, language arts, and art. Following this checklist will give any teacher something to work from when evaluating where their students stand. It identifies a number of necessary skills within four overarching categories and six content areas. It is easy to use and can be especially useful when developing ideas on how a unit plan should progress. I would endorse this checklist as a very strong assessment tool.
The American Forum for Global Education Checklist- http://www.globaled.org/fianlcopy.pdf
The Global Education Checklist is a great resource for identifying where a school community stands on the global competencies of its students. It is simple and allows for an actual numerical representation of where a school community stands. The other nice aspect of this tool is that it asks questions that pertain to different stakeholders allowing them to rank students on a 1-4 scale pertaining to the students’ skills and abilities. It includes questions that pertain specifically to teachers, principals, community leaders, superintendents, curriculum directors, and academic specialists. It allows for a community to identify their specific strengths and weaknesses and lays the ground work for effective pinpointed improvement plans.
The Global Education Checklist is a great resource for identifying where a school community stands on the global competencies of its students. It is simple and allows for an actual numerical representation of where a school community stands. The other nice aspect of this tool is that it asks questions that pertain to different stakeholders allowing them to rank students on a 1-4 scale pertaining to the students’ skills and abilities. It includes questions that pertain specifically to teachers, principals, community leaders, superintendents, curriculum directors, and academic specialists. It allows for a community to identify their specific strengths and weaknesses and lays the ground work for effective pinpointed improvement plans.
Oxfam Education for Global Citizenship A Guide for Schools-http://www.oxfam.org.uk/~/media/Files/Education/Global%20Citizenship/education_for_global_citizenship_a_guide_for_schools.ashx
This guide is a guide for an overall school atmosphere. The skills are very general but really speak to a school/student mindset and atmosphere than specific student skills and abilities. This is an effective tool for teachers and principals who want to create an atmosphere and focus to help guide lessons. The guide breaks down abilities by ages ranging from 5 to 16 and curriculum that includes knowledge and understanding, skills, and values and attitudes. The resource also provides teachers with activities to do with their fellow teachers and principals to help gage where the school stands overall in promoting global education. It also provides activities for students that can be easily adjusted to fit any curriculum and age.
Edutopia Checklist for Teaching Global Competence- http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-jsis-additional-book-global-competence-excerpt.pdf
This resource helps guide teachers’ planning by asking them if their lessons hit key elements for global education. Teachers can take their planned lesson, go through the questions one by one and see how their lesson plan hits all of the necessary elements. This helps teachers understand where to tweak their plans so as not to miss key global concepts. It also provides ideas for activities that help promote global competence in key areas such as investigating the world, understanding perspectives, communicating ideas, and taking of action.
This resource helps guide teachers’ planning by asking them if their lessons hit key elements for global education. Teachers can take their planned lesson, go through the questions one by one and see how their lesson plan hits all of the necessary elements. This helps teachers understand where to tweak their plans so as not to miss key global concepts. It also provides ideas for activities that help promote global competence in key areas such as investigating the world, understanding perspectives, communicating ideas, and taking of action.
Duke Global Assessment Tool- https://assessment.trinity.duke.edu/documents/GlobalAwarenessRubric.pdf
This assessment tool is useful for older students and helps assess their global awareness. It rates students on a number of factors that include awareness, understanding, and action. The rating marks include Indicator, Novice, Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. This assessment tool seems to be meant for each individual student and may not suffice as a tool to rate an entire class on one assessment though it could probably be modified to do so.