Assessment, Assessment, Assessment!!!

Traditional --------------------------------------------- Authentic

Selecting a Response ------------------------------------ Performing a Task

Contrived --------------------------------------------------------------- Real-life

Recall/Recognition ------------------------------- Construction/Application

Teacher-structured ------------------------------------- Student-structured

Indirect Evidence -------------------------------------------- Direct Evidence

Authentic Assessment is truly where you don't just select a response, you act upon it, you model it, act it out. It is closest to real life situations where you can apply what you learned in real world situations. It is not where you try to just recall facts, you actually need to construct what you know, see if you can apply what you learned and use it in a situation. It is not teacher structured, it is student structured. This is where you have direct evidence to determine the student has learned what was actually taught.

There are three kinds of assessment: Diagnostic, Formative, and Summative. Assessment is an ongoing process. This is not lets just give a test at the end. Assessment should be done daily, on a regular basis, where the teacher is taking notice of what the students are doing and saying. This allows the teacher to really see what the students are grasping and what they aren't. Assessment should also be done in multiple ways. Through observing and listening. Through writing and discussing. Through presenting and working cooperatively. Through independent and group work. Through quizzes and tests as well. There are so many forms of assessment and a good teacher who is truly trying to ensure their class is learning what is intended, then the teacher will use as many different forms of assessment as physically possible in a class.

Assessment is crucial to success for the students