Friday, October 16, 2015
Chapter 5 Reflection
Making assessments meaningful is important in all subjects and aspects of the classroom. It is more than just true or false or multiple choice questions. Assessments should be planned out and authentic. "The way we are going to get powerful teaching and learning is not through national tests. It's through assessments that are developed through local communities, with teachers, parents and community members involved, so that students are working toward much more challenging standards and teachers are learning how to look at their students differently; how to support their learning better, and how to think differently about those standards." I thought this was a very appropriate and important quote from Linda Darling-Hammond. I also liked the idea of using common rubrics in schools so students don't have a different type of rubric for every teacher. This is helpful because students know what all teachers expect from them and the assessment language is consistent. It will allow students to be able to reflect on their own learning progress and set learning goals for themselves. When it comes to PBL, it's important to assess students both during the project and after the project. Formative assessment allows you to understand your student's thinking along the way so you are able to adjust the project, address misunderstandings or guide effort in new directions. Summative assessment is done after the project and this is where the teacher might grade using a rubric, give a test, present a performance task, ect. Teachers will sometimes also ask other teacher's to help them evaluate the projects. In order to make assessments meaningful, teachers need to know exactly what they want the students to know and what they want the students to be able to do and also how they will know the students have achieved the learning goals.
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I like the points you made about making assessment meaningful by having a clear picture of what you want your students to know and be able to do after completing the lesson, and how you want them to present their knowledge and skills. I like that you brought up that assessments should be authentic because I think this is something that could be a struggle for teachers to do successfully.
ReplyDeleteVery good job summarizing main points from chapter five, I agree that it is monumentally important that we make assessments worthwhile and meaningful. If students feel like this is just another exercise to waste time they are unlikely to engage with the topic. Instead we need to show students that we have tailored this assessment though careful practice and in a way that takes into account all children’s abilities and different forms of intelligence.
ReplyDeleteAlso I agree with your second point about what formative assessment allows to do by understanding your students you will become a more proficient teacher and your students will recognize that effort. Great job recapping main points and putting in some personal application that will undoubtedly be used by all of us in this classroom one day.
i agree with your points your perspective of the subject was a good one. its important for assessment to be authentic.
ReplyDeleteYour summary of assessments was so true about: "In order to make assessments meaningful, teachers need to know exactly what they want the students to know and what they want the students to be able to do and also how they will know the students have achieved the learning goals." The objectives are what lead our teaching for the students to gain their understanding and knowlege of what it is they need to know. This is true for both formative and summative assessments.
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