Assessing Children for the Future
Progression and Success
Why should we as educators assess our students progress?
Protecting and Defending the Assessment Practices
There are four questions being considered when we evaluate our assessment practices:
- Why are you participating in the assessment practices that you use with students
- Can you share in explicit detail the value that you find in each assessment
- Do you participate in assessments that you find no value in for students
- Are you using an assessment that you have no idea how to deliver, but are afraid to ask for help?
These questions provide me with a foundation when I start engaging with students in my upcoming classroom. I have no prior experience but I do have family and friends who will assist me in applying these tools effectively. The students are the future and we should assess them in a manner providing the best possible means for success. I believe firmly in asking for help if my current practices are gaining the results expected. This could be due to my lack of knowledge in a particular field of assessment. The overall goal is to help each student with their varying learning styles achieve great success.
I feel I will have a great success rate and a strong support system when I have the opportunity to teach my students and then assess their progress.
Reference
Lopez, D. (2013). No excuses university: How six exceptional systems are revolutionizing our schools (2nd ed.). Turnaround Schools Publications.