Good Assessments

 How Did I Grow? 

To be quite honest, I wasn't worried about assessments when I thought about my future teaching. For whatever reason I never thought that this would be an issue and I would magically be good at assessments. I am not sure why I never gave this any thought but I am very glad I am learning about them now because assessments are incredibly important and are going to provide a lot of intelligence for students. I feel this week and this quarter as a whole really, got me thinking more and more about assessments. This week in particular was very helpful because we focused on what makes a good assessment and I think that was information I really needed. Especially because literacy is going to be a very assessment heavy content area. 

Challenges

I feel there is still SO much I don't know. I grow more and more worried that I simply don't know enough and I worry that I am going to struggle because of it. It may be because I feel I don't have enough time to fully soak in the information we are focusing on during the week or if perhaps this is a vital part of the learning cycle. I am starting to feel myself trying to tackle a fixed mindset and it is interesting to try and combat such a thing. I want to know how you guys are feeling about everything and if you are feeling similarly? 

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  1. Dylan SteeleNovember 7, 2020 at 11:48 PM

    When I first realized that I was going to learn about assessment I was honestly really weirded out. A lot like you, I never even thought that I would be creating my own assessments, and if I had to, I would be naturally good at it. This module and week has kind of proven me wrong, writing a comprehensive and fair assessment is hard. Accurately using the different kinds of questions to reach specific goals, also hard. A lot like my first lesson plan, I know that I need to practice assessment making more before I really know if I like it.

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