In education, the term assessment refers to the wide variety of methods or tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students.
(“Assessment Definition.” The Glossary of Education Reform, 10 Nov. 2015, www.edglossary.org/assessment/. )
ASSESSMENTS AS LEARNING
IPSATIVE ASSESSMENT
How? portfolios, PBL activites, and 2 stage testing
Examples would be allowing for retests, make-ups, using previous writing samples from the beginning of the year and again at the end to show growth.
What is it?
Ipsative assessments are on an individual level, they are second tries, comparing previous work of the student to past results. As you would measure someone skills with sports or music.
WHY? This gives teachers a chance to measure progress over a year verse test by test situations. Instead, this will show the student's growth and progress. This allows the student a chance to be better than themselves rather than focusing on the others around him.
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