In thinking about class this week, I was reminded about my time in school when it came to assessments. As someone who freezes up when given a multiple choice test, it is now very interesting being on other the other side. As I think about the kind of teaching that I hope do in my classroom, it is my hope that my students never think of me as someone who gives hard questions simply because I am mean or out to watch them fail. My goal in looking at assessments, is to test my students in a manner in which is reasonably fair and gives them the best opportunity to show me what they know.<\/p>\n
The use of the VDOE website as a great tool is something that I know I will have to revisit when I find myself struggling to create rubrics that do not have my own personal bias at the center. Looking through the many forms of assessment I found it extremely helpful to see the break down of which question will help assess what certain thing in a student. I know personally, how to create an assessment is the portion of the lesson plan that I always find myself struggling with. I know that I want the end goal to be, and I often know the steps on how to get them there, but the assessing portion seems to carry a heavy weight that is intimidating. After last night, I feel like my understanding of the many times is much deeper and I would be more willing to use different means to determine a students understanding of the information that was presented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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