Evaluation Of The Post Assessment

Evaluate the assessments you have carried out, stating whether you believe they were fair, valid and reliable.

The last theme I found presented in these sources is measurement of student success. Source number one, “Are Exams Bad for Children?”, explains that we can find better ways to measure a student’s learning abilities. Stephanie Schneider says, “More reliable methods of assessment can provide meaningful information that assist student learning, rather than a test that often serves as a punitive device” (30). The

The reliability of an assessment in a perfect situation should produce the same results if marked by another tutor or if that examiner unknowingly receives the same paper again. If different marks are given the assessment is consequently unreliable and proves that this assessment is subjective.

Silvia is below grade level student who is also and ELL with a WiDA level 3. On the pre-assessment Silvia scored a three out of ten. (See graph 7) I used this pre-assessment to measure what areas Silvia needed to most help on. Because Silvia missed based questions about making graphs I decided that would be an area of focus with her. As a modification during lesson where the class made graphs I would work one-on-one with Silvia to make sure that understood how to create a graph. On the post-assessment Silvia scored five our on ten. Which is still not a passing score but it is a twenty percent improvement from the pre-assessment. As a modification I sat next to Silvia and read her every question separate from the rest of the class. I focused my teaching on Silvia understanding the concept of creating a graph and she was able

pleased or disappointed with the results, as these assessments provide a roadmap for how we can better prepare students.” Teachers use this to help these students get better test scores. The four levels of achievement are: standard exceeded, standard met, standard nearly met,

These tests will provide teachers and administrators a diagnosis of how the school is performing and in which areas the school needs to improve on. This will also inform policymakers which schools are doing well and why. Then that technique can be applied to schools in which the scores were not meeting standards. President Bush and the U.S. Congress have challenged educators to set high standards and hold students, schools and districts accountable for results. (Dept. of Ed, 2004)

All work handed in by the learner, they must sign and date and confirm that it is their own work.

You should make sure that all your records are legible, and keep them confidential unless you have permission otherwise.

These test results will influence a lesson plan by giving the teacher proper knowledge they need when planning a lesson in order

But once students took the test the schools have found a more ¨positive effect¨ on the student's achievement."in direct support of higher expectations, strengthened standards and better tests.” (Source 5). Also Schools have acheieved the significant schools award for all the students doing good on the test and for the teachers and staff helping them out in school so they get a good future. ¨20 school systems that "have achieved significant, sustained, and widespread gains" on national and international assessments used Department of Education stated in Nov. 2004.” (Source 5). After taking the Standardized tests students have been getting better grades and have been understanding the topic in all the classes and teachers and staff say that they will get a better future now.”Standardized tests provide accurate comparisons between sub-groups. These sub-groups can include data on ethnicity, socioeconomic status, special needs, etc.” (Source

Tests have become the most important indication of a teacher’s success and school’s performance. As a result, teachers may feel the need to ensure that the scores stay high and continue to rise. Teachers tend to cover only what is expected to be on the

In the last month, my field class took their first ACT Aspire standardized test, which was completely new to all of them. My teacher received the scores and is able to view each question and the percentage of students who got it correct. She pulled this information up on the SMART Board to discuss with students today. She explained to them what the percentages meant and why she felt the need to go over some of them. She displayed the list of question percentages then let them pick out the lowest ones to review over and discuss. Students seemed engaged in this activity and engaged in discussing these questions. Most of them were able to see where they went wrong or why it was difficult.

The goal of educational assessment is to record, evaluate and enable improved student learning. The monitoring of student work, through developing understanding of key subject concepts and their achievement of syllabus objectives requires comparison against outcomes and standards. These outcomes and standards help define the criteria which is considered essential and relevant for assessment. Through correct implementation, integration, and reliability and validity, all forms of assessment should enable improved student learning when teaching is targeted towards syllabus outcomes, objectives and through highlighting gaps in student knowledge.

Think about your own experiences with assessment. Describe a NEGATIVE experience with assessment from when you were a k-12 student. Specifically, highlight the REASONS you believe your experience was NEGATIVE based on what you have learned in this course.

First of all, I had initially deemed question six to be a bad question, when I assessed my pretest because only two of my students answered it correctly. However on the post test, this category saw significant growth moving from two correct answers to eight, and the girls went from a average score of one out of six to a three out of six, and the boys went from an average score of zero out of six to two out of six. Even though I was not able to teach this topic successfully the way I had anticipated, it showed me that I was still successful to a small handful of students.