Informative Assessment Analysis

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I chose to agree with this statement because Tomlinson presents an ongoing conflict when discussing the concept of informative assessments. While most teacher struggle with this understanding, I feel that more and more teachers are coming around to the idea that students have the ability to show their knowledge in a number of different ways. “I began to realize that when I gave students multiple ways to express learning or gave them a say in how they could show what they knew, more students were engaged. More to the point students were learning” (p. 1). In The Reading Specialist: Leadership for the Classroom, School and Community, Bean (2009) also concluded that there is a quite a misunderstanding when it comes to understanding the term, ‘assessment.’ …show more content…

As educators, we need to know the skills and concepts our students know and have mastered. Their strengths give a base of their knowledge and where we can take them from there. We would not be able to know their strengths as long as we are constantly testing for weaknesses. Creating assessments that test what they do know helps us develop lessons and activities to help them with their weaknesses. Tomlinson (2007) states, “I had most often been on the hunt for what students didn’t know, couldn’t do or didn’t understand. Using assessment to focus on student interest and learning preferences illustrated for me the power of emphasizing what works for students” (p. 4). Identifying and understanding student interests and learning styles or preferences allows you develop meaningful and engaging lessons, activities, and projects that will enhance a student 's strengths and work on …show more content…

The implementation of chrome books and the use of Google Documents and Google Classroom have really worked well in engaging the students in various lessons, activities and assessments. Through their chrome books they are able to complete assignments and create projects to submit for review. My students enjoy the maturity of the chrome books, and it has been an excellent assessment tool in my classroom. For example, I was able to create a Classroom Blog. Through this Blog the students able to answer my daily questions about a skill, topic, or concept we covered in class that week. It is the only homework assignment I give on Fridays. The student have the entire weekend to craft an answer and well as respond to their peers, much like we do through our Canvas Discussion assignments. I found that the students were able to express what they learned, enjoyed and any remaining questions they may have about what we learned that week. They are asked to provide examples and proof of what they learned, so I am able to view their work and reflect on my teaching of the skills, topic or

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