I have found that throughout my
teaching, assessing students daily on what they know is crucial in order to
create your lessons on the needs of the students. Providing students with a
ticket out the door on the concept that they were just taught would provide you
with a quick idea of which students may need additional help in the particular
subject. Assessments can be completed throughout the day by simply walking around
the room and taking notes on the students work. When you have an idea of which
students have mastered a particular concept, you can partner them with a
student that may need extra help. If you are not assessing students on what is
being taught, then you will not know whether you should move on to the next
material or review the material because half of the class did not understand it
the first time. The power point stated the importance of knowing where students
stand in order to report back to their parents. By administering formative assessments
such as tickets out the door, raise of hands, observations, etc. the teacher
can provide parents with feedback. This will help the teacher create effective
teaching strategies in order for students to succeed on the summative
assessment at the end of the unit.
I completely agree with the power
point that high-stakes tests should not be used when considering what the
curriculum should consist of. When students are placed under pressure, they
often times do not perform as well as they should. Often time’s they are
intimidated by a formal test and their nerves distract them from focusing on
the material.
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