Reflection on Assessment
Assessment is a powerful and continuous process that helps students to improve their learning as well as help teachers to monitor their performance that how well they can help them progress. Assessment is a measurement and evaluation of students’ learning. Today’s teachers have to face more challenge than before regarding assessment strategy. Today’s students need 21st century skills which creates an urgent demand on learners to acquire and practice the higher order thinking skills from the top of Bloom’s Taxonomy, analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating. Standardized test are not the only way of gauging student achievement.(www.edutopia.org) Performance assessments like collaborative projects, portfolios in that compile writing samples offer a richer, more holistic approach to evaluating what students know and can do. However traditional paper pencil test is also necessary to memorize the basic knowledge and apply by recalling the knowledge in the test. I think both are necessary to monitor student’s actual progress effectively. Some students are good in memorizing facts and express their thoughts in writings, but they are not good at performances. On the other hand some are not good in memorizing or writing, but they are good in performance based tests. However, I think, there is not much impact on the real world workplace for a person who has a good academic result, but it is completely depend on the capability of handling practical works.
Another thing always reflects on tests which is students’ socioeconomic background particularly in America. Educators always think about how to narrow the educational inequities. In this perspective language is one the issues for preventing higher achievement score. That’s why educators have to think about alternative assessments in order to ensure equity.
References:
North central Regional Educational laboratory.(1995). Critical Issue: Rethinking assessment and its role in supporting educational reform. http:/www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as700.htm.
North Certral Regional Regional Educational Laboratory.(1995). Critical Issue: Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments. http:/www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as800.htm.
Snowman, J. & Beihler, R. (2006). Psychology applied to teaching (11th edition).Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin
The George Lucas Educational Foundation. www.edutopia.org.
Assessment is a powerful and continuous process that helps students to improve their learning as well as help teachers to monitor their performance that how well they can help them progress. Assessment is a measurement and evaluation of students’ learning. Today’s teachers have to face more challenge than before regarding assessment strategy. Today’s students need 21st century skills which creates an urgent demand on learners to acquire and practice the higher order thinking skills from the top of Bloom’s Taxonomy, analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating. Standardized test are not the only way of gauging student achievement.(www.edutopia.org) Performance assessments like collaborative projects, portfolios in that compile writing samples offer a richer, more holistic approach to evaluating what students know and can do. However traditional paper pencil test is also necessary to memorize the basic knowledge and apply by recalling the knowledge in the test. I think both are necessary to monitor student’s actual progress effectively. Some students are good in memorizing facts and express their thoughts in writings, but they are not good at performances. On the other hand some are not good in memorizing or writing, but they are good in performance based tests. However, I think, there is not much impact on the real world workplace for a person who has a good academic result, but it is completely depend on the capability of handling practical works.
Another thing always reflects on tests which is students’ socioeconomic background particularly in America. Educators always think about how to narrow the educational inequities. In this perspective language is one the issues for preventing higher achievement score. That’s why educators have to think about alternative assessments in order to ensure equity.
References:
North central Regional Educational laboratory.(1995). Critical Issue: Rethinking assessment and its role in supporting educational reform. http:/www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as700.htm.
North Certral Regional Regional Educational Laboratory.(1995). Critical Issue: Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments. http:/www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as800.htm.
Snowman, J. & Beihler, R. (2006). Psychology applied to teaching (11th edition).Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin
The George Lucas Educational Foundation. www.edutopia.org.
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