formative and summative assessments for 5 objectives

Next year I’ll be teaching business studies for the first time in my life. I will be at a new school, with new administrators, and different students than I am used to (I have worked mostly with native Chinese-speaking students who are learning English as a second language, but the school I will teach for next year is a true international school where Chinese passport holders would not be allowed admission.)  With all of this uncertainty, it is a good idea to plan out some objectives and both formative and summative assessments for lessons taught according to those objectives.  In this quick post I’ll mention five objectives as well as both forms of assessments for each of those objectives. All of this is based on the standard “Demonstrate knowledge of innovation and entrepreneurship in business contexts.”

Objective #1: By the end of the lesson, 85% of students will be able to differentiate and identify different business types given specific information on a worksheet.

In class I will teach the class the different types of businesses and discuss the elements that differentiate the businesses. Formative assessments include asking students questions, monitoring students' independent work, and asking one-on-one follow up questions if it appears someone is confused. Summative assessment will be a worksheet given as homework that the students must complete individually.

Objective #2:  By the end of three class periods, 85% of students will be able to sort many different ways to add value to business through case studies of real-life innovation.

This lesson will include introduction of business case studies and class discussions about how innovation increased profitability or didn't, and why. Formative assessments will include class discussion, monitoring group discussions, and asking follow up questions, and begin an anecdotal record because this lesson is an important foundation lesson and it is important to know which students might be struggling.  Summative assessment will be a individually completed case study where students will identify and classify (sort) several different value-add opportunities from within the case study.

 Objective #3: By the end of the unit, all students will be able to orally explain what innovation is and why innovations sometimes are not adopted in society in a presentation to a group of peers according to a peer-evaluated rubric.

Formative assessments will include monitoring student preparation and giving feedback to students before their oral presentations. I will also follow up with students who have shown signs of frustration or struggle. I will need to keep notes in anecdotal records about student preparations and performance. Meanwhile the summative assessment will include both an oral presentation and peer evaluation according to a rubric.

Objective #4: by the end of two class periods, 95% of students will be able to list 10 enterprising behaviors and identify them in case studies. 

During these two periods, class instruction will include introducing multiple "enterprising behaviors" and how they manifest in real life. This learning will be reinforced with case studies. Formative assessments will include classroom interaction during the lecture and me monitoring the students during group work. Summative assessment will be a quiz where students will be asked to list all of the enterprising behaviors they can remember. Additional homework to be completed individually will be of a case study where students will be asked to identify evidence of the enterprising behaviors in the description of the case study. This homework should be completed between the first and second lessons.

Objective #5: By the end of the unit, all students will be able to evaluate effective business opportunities within a case study about a new innovation and the barriers to market adoption in an essay. 

During this unit students will be showing they truly understand the content on a deep level by breaking down case studies to create their own solutions to another, new businesses problems. Formative assessments will include class time interaction and feedback as well as anecdotal note taking on any struggling or outstanding students. Summative assessments will be the actual essay that is written by the students.