It has not always been easy to be able to find an authentic way to assess students' technology work, but now the tools are available. Find out how.
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Do you have a hard time finding questions to assess your students in math? Find out about Problem-Attic and its database of standards-based questions.
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In this webcast, Millie Smith provides us with an overview of the learning needs of students in the sensorimotor phase of development. Millie takes us to th...
Why do we assess? For what purpose? In terms of writing, I hope the answer is this: We assess so that we can help students become better writers. If not, we’re wasting our time. We assess to determine strengths to build upon and weaknesses to address. We assess to document growth. But ultimately, we assess to find out what we can do to help students become better writers. However, too often assessment is used to “hold teachers accountable”. Ugh. Why is it that some groups continue this war against teachers and insist on the de-professionalization of education? Hold teachers accountable? We want intelligent, creative teachers to enter the field – but then we treat them like young, way-ward adolescents. We don’t trust them. We think we need to hold them accountable. We tell them what they must teach and how they must teach it. We assign standards and measures that must be used. Maybe we should give them a curfew as well. That’s it, let’s give all teachers a curfew and a mandatory bedtime – and restrict their TV watching and phone access if test scores fall below a certain percentage. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Certainly. However, what happens when groups continually try to hold teachers accountable? Teachers teach to the accountability measure. In other words, they teach to the test. I mean, who wouldn’t? The result of this accountability nonsense is that instead of testing what is taught, teachers teach what is tested. This is called ass-backwards in some circles. Utter clownery in other circles. With such ass-backward clownery, the curriculum becomes narrowed, focusing only on that which can be measured and quantified by an external entity
How do you assess? Do you go by how much time it takes to grade? Do you make your students write an essay because you need a writing sample for data? Do you give them a project you can glance at, use a rubric, and assign a grade? Full Disclosure Full disclosure- in my 19… Continue reading It Only Takes One Page- Assessing English Students with a One Pager
Assessing ESOL students & Changes to WIDA scoring Throughout the school year I constantly assess my ESOL students. I use short formative assessments that I integrated into activities we were already doing. Using Rubrics for quick assessments To get a sense of their speaking level I will sometimes take out the WIDA speaking rubric and
This article discusses the benefits of assessing the learning styles of students early on and using them to reduce the number of special education referrals.
Assessing for learning are teaching methods that focus on the needs and abilities of individual students. These methods involve actively...
If you are teaching in a virtual classroom this next year, check out these digital exit tickets. They will make assessing your students a total breeze.
Do your students struggle when they reflect or self-assess? Come read how we teach students to be realistic when assessing their work.
Give students a visual to assist them in advocating for themselves while self-assessing, and keeping students engaged in their learning.
This edWebinar will share strategies for teaching young students, along with practical tips for assessing your early learners more effectively.
A strategy for assessing the 21st Century Skills while holding students accountable for their behavior.- a classroom management miracle!
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Student assessments that are fun! Check out these 4 ways to engage students while alternately assessing their skills in your classroom.
Assessing and documenting students learning in pre-k is such an important task. It is important for students to know what they are learnin...
Teachers at various levels must be able to instruct classrooms full of students while assessing each pupil individually.
