Exit Slips

 

As mentioned earlier exit slips are a quick assessment tool for teachers to become better aware of student understanding. If an educator decides to assign a mark to the exit slip it then becomes part of the evaluation and not the assessment. This is not necessarily negative; however, it must be made clear to the students what the exit slip is being used for. For example, I have found that after a while some students were not putting effort into the exit slips because I was not assigning any kind of mark. As a result I found it necessary to assign a mark out of 3 for each exit slip. I would use the following criteria.
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  • exit slip is blank or is impossible to understand.
  • exit slip is difficult to read or understand.
  • exit slip is organized and easy to understand.
  • student makes no effort to answer the question. Simply writes "I don't know.
  • exit slip makes very little attempt to answer the question that was asked.
  • student has made a serious attempt to answer the question posed by the teacher.
  • no effort has gone into exit slip.
  • minimal effort has gone into exit slip.
  • evident that effort has gone into exit slip
As I read the exit slips I usually put them into 3 general piles: those who understand fully, those who have almost caught on, and those who have no idea. With this information I can better design my next day's lesson.

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