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Student Assessments (Peer assessment (PROS: Peer assessment can help…
Student Assessments
Peer assessment
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Example: In my reading class, we usually have a day to have our writer's workshop. Students have a chance to read their classmates' essays. During the workshop, we do peer review and student must give positive feedback and constructive criticism.
Performance-based
PROS: These assessments require the students to be more responsible for demonstrating their knowledge.
CONS: The scoring of performance based assessments is much more subjective than traditional testing.
Performance based assessments require a student to create an answer or a product that demonstrates his or her knowledge or skills.
Example: In my reading class, I focus on drama during 4th quarter. One of the biggest projects are doing a dramatic reading or presentation in front of the class. I will score their performance by using a rubric.
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Diagnostic
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CONS: This assessment could provide the teachers with misleading information if not done well. In some cases, students could be guessing on the assessment and the results may not be accurate.
Diagnostic assessments are a way of assessing what students already know about a particular topic. They can be beneficial when used at the start of a new unit. By using diagnostic assessment, the teacher can get a better understanding of what knowledge students are coming to the class with.
Example: In my reading class, I use a unit pretest to check their reading skills like vocabulary and comprehension.
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Authentic
PROS: This assessment motivates students to take part in their own learning. It also combines social and behavioral skills which will helps the students inside and outside of the classroom.
CONS: Authentic assessments can be challenging when teachers are assessing a broad range of skills and it can be subjective to grade for teachers.
Authentic assessments is a form of assessment that students are asked to perform real-word tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of necessary knowledge and skills.
Example: Portfolios are an example of authentic assessments. It focuses on a meaningful collection of student performance and meaningful reflection and evaluation of their work.
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Formative
PROS: Students will feel less stressed about this type of assessment because they are not graded. This allows students to focus on their understanding of the material and helpful for the teacher to gauge the students' understanding.
CONS: The assessments can take too much time. Also, students may not take the assessments seriously since they are not graded so results may not be accurate.
A formative assessment is done throughout the unit. This provides clear and effective feedback for the students on what they may need to work on.
Example: In my reading class, I usually have a quick entrance ticket every week that focuses on context clues. This assessment is not graded, but to see if students are understanding the concept.
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Self-assessment
PROS: Gets students feeling responsible for their own work. Self assessment also helps students to see where they are lacking and might need improvement in.
CONS: If the teacher does not set a clear set of standards or objectives that is to be assessed, students may feel confused about what is expected of them.
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Example: In my reading class, I give my students a checklist for creating their own poems that needs to be self assessed.
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Summative
PROS: Summative assessments measure the progress towards a learning goal. It is a way to see if the students have learned the lessons being taught.
CONS: Summative assessments are important to test the students' knowledge that it can cause students a lot of stress and anxiety.
Summative assessments are designed to evaluate the students learning at the end of a unit and comparing it to a learning goal or standard.
Example: In my reading class, we usually have a novel study in 1st quarter which also includes 3 power standards. At the end of 1st quarter, I would have a unit test to check if that can apply the skills that they've learned over the course of our novel study.
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High Stakes
PROS: The advantages of high stakes assessments are the data collected from these tests are made public to parents. This allows parents to see how poorly or how well their school is performing.
CONS: Some subjects like art, music and physical education are not being equally focused in the classrooms due to teachers feeling pressure to get the students prepared for the test.
High stakes assessments are a type of summative assessment that is used to make important decisions because of their overuse within the education system.
Example: An example of a high stakes assessment at the middle school grade level would be a standardized test that decides whether or not the student moves up a grade.
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Portfolio
CONS: Portfolios can be time consuming. Teachers may not feel they have enough support to effectively implement this assessment method.
Examples: In my reading class, I create student portfolios that includes their samples of their work.
PROS: Portfolio assessments is that the may help shy and timid students with teacher-student communication. The portfolio is a great way to showcase their skills.
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