Out of the two chapters on for this weeks post the main thing that really stuck in my head actually came from the very first page of chapter 26. The thing that really stuck out was the purpose of Assessment in Education. The book gave four tools for data gathering that teachers could use and follow. Those for tools are 1. provide feedback on student’s progress and level achievements 2. Guide and motivate students in their own learnings. 3. Improve the general effectiveness of instruction 4. Identify modifications that will better meet the needs of individual students.
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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FORMALLY ASSESSED
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Give the students a pre test on their spelling words that they have been given.
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Give the students a book report over a certain book that they just got done reading.
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INFORMALLY ASSESSED
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Put each student in a group of two and see how they work with their partner on assignments day by day
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Give the students a final test over a group of items that they have learned throughout the year.
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One question that I have on this section is on page 483 and the grading tips. On the grading tip # 6 says “Keep students informed of their standing in the class.” How often should you inform your students about their progress in the class?
It’s really hard to tell which one is being used. The only way I could define them is that the book says a formative assessment helps both the teacher and the student while the summative assessment helps only the teacher evaluate the student.
In regards to your question, I feel that students should be informed of their progress and grades daily. This is because I personally know how students want to know their standing in the class as soon as another assessment is graded. In the younger grade levels, students seem to usually be informed immediately after an assessment. I have done assessments where the students have to identify numbers 1 - 10. After doing the assessment with the student he or she immediately knows how many he or she got correct and there for knows how well or poor he or she did on that assessment. This is the same for the majority of the assessments in this particular classroom. In a high school classroom for example, again I would try to grade assessments as soon as possible so the students can see their grades and know their standing in the classroom. I feel this is very important.
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