I have my students set goals not only for their learning, but for their testing. I do data days throughout the school year. It allows me to give them an update on their growth and it allows them to evaluate their growth.
As a class, I have this anchor chart up in my room that gets updated weekly. Our goal is to improve our personal and class average. We set our goal at 80%. Each week, I take time to review our scores. We talk about what happened from week to week. For example, in this picture, we did well on a vocabulary test, but this past week, we went down. So we discuss things that may have changed. Were the words harder this week? Did I just guess? Did I practice my vocabulary? We also talk about what they can do to help contribute to our class average.
Students really love to watch it get updated. Notice I always keep our best scores up there so students know that we can do it.
I drew this chart on chart paper and then laminated it. I change the numbers using a sticky note each week. You can also use a dry erase marker if you prefer.
For each goal they meet (80% or higher), they earn 5 minutes of extra recess for our "Fun Friday."
How do you hold your students accountable for their learning?
Students need to be held accountable and will be better students/people because of it!
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