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Standard #6 – Assessment
\n<\/strong>The teacher candidate understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making.<\/em><\/p>\n

Summer 2015:<\/em> Assessment is a necessity in any learning environment to ensure that learning objectives are being met, and to what degree. \u00a0Used creatively, assessment can guide learners to a higher level of performance with specific expectations. \u00a0I am a novice in both assembling and administering assessments, but have a new found respect for\u00a0the effort that aligning standards and objectives to\u00a0assessments requires, as well as the art of crafting good assessment items. \u00a0I like that\u00a0various\u00a0types of assessment allow for more individualized and authentic types of assessment, especially in inquiry- or problem-based learning. \u00a0Mastery of InTASC 6 is required of a good teacher, although initially I felt that assessment was a necessary evil.<\/p>\n

InTASC 6’s assessment theme’s umbrella is much wider than I originally\u00a0thought. \u00a0I now have a better understanding of what assessment requires and methods to employ for\u00a0both formal and informal assessments. \u00a0As a result, I feel better armed with assessment options.<\/p>\n

Autumn 2015:<\/em> \u00a0Assessment often seems like a necessary evil.\u00a0 We strive to use multiple methods of assessment in our classroom, including pretests and posttests, predictions and confirmations, formative and summative assessments.\u00a0 These are done through homework credit checks, quizzes and tests and blends of those we call \u201cquests,\u201d laboratories, activities, and presentations.\u00a0 The feedback obtained from these assessments allows us to get a pulse on the comprehension of the subject matter being related, and to address and reteach misconceptions or gaps in knowledge as necessary.\u00a0 We routinely utilize Kahoot, and online, informal, electronic formative assessment that offers us instant checks for understanding in class.<\/p>\n

Spring 2016:<\/em> I feel like my greatest strides this year have been made in assessment. \u00a0I have adapted some summative assessments of Mr. Smith and used them for my own uses, realizing how difficult it is to write a “good” instrument with “bad” distractors. \u00a0I also generated two more rubrics for use this semester, one for a project and the other for an authentic lab practical. \u00a0Along the way I have learned of the importance of formative assessments, more than just checks for understanding as I am milling about as students work away at problems. \u00a0I underestimated the valuable information that simple assessments such a bell ringers and exit slips can give. \u00a0Initially, I felt that such activities were a waste of time. \u00a0After implementing them, I see how something so simple can give you an instant check on the pulse of the understanding of a topic by students. Cheers to assessment and no longer fearing it, but embracing it in all of its forms!<\/p>\n

Here is a link to my work related to InTASC 6<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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