I've been trying out and thinking of authentic and effective ways to centre Student Voice within our inquiry planning. So when we were about to embark on our Summative Assessment during our first Unit of Inquiry this year I thought, "Aha! This is the perfect opportunity for you Natasha to put this into action." I'm not sure about you, but uncharted waters are where you dive in and have to figure out where your going, how your going, while your going "there" wherever that actually is. But not being one to balk at a challenge, I dived in. A good place to start is by visualizing, asking yourself, "When all my students responses are piled on my desk, what evidence do I want to find within them?"

The overall result was a crisp Summative Assessment which each student owned and was fully engaged in, as well as, clarity for the teacher from the initial question through to how the student's response is connected to the curriculum.

We made further improvements in the new 2013-2014 school year to this unit of inquiry. I've added the file below.