Topic: Volleyball passing skill test

Grade: 6th and 8th

Purpose: To check accuracy of passing

Target: To have students able to achieve a proficient level at forearm passing a volleyball.

Acheivement Expectations:
1. To demonstrate they have a certain level of skill

Purpose of Assessment:
1. To determine if my teaching is affective (high success=good teaching)
2. Grading purposes

Standards Incorporated: NASPE standards 1

Type of Assessment: performance

Benchmarks:
1. Able to at least show competency in volleyball forearm pass

Communication of Results:
1. It will be used in classroom and report card grades
2. Can be used in conference with parents to show increase or decrease in performance.
3. General notes can be taken over 6th and 8th to check for improvement and teaching effectiveness.

Concequences of assessment:
1. If they are successful during nontest class periods the assessment should assist toward confident expectation of success.
2. It also gives them the opportunity to control their own academic well being.

Preparation:
The testing station for passing will be taped for boundaries and will have a boundary for the destination of the pass.  The destination of the pass is the designated setting spot (0).  A person will stand there as the setter and just catch the passes from the passer.  There is also a tosser on the other side of the net.  The teacher stands to the side of the court.

Directions:
The passer takes 10 passes, 5 on each side (left, and right) in the back row.  Their goal is to get each one of the passes to the setter within one step.The tosser tosses it to the designated area and the passer must stay in the marked area and make the pass.

Grading:
90/100 points or A=9-10 good passes
80 points or B=8 good passes
70 points or C=7 good passes
60 points or D=6 good passes
50 points or F= 5 or less

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