Assessing Student Learning

How do you assess student learning in your classroom?  What might you do differently to prepare student for the next generation of assessments base don the readings, activities and resources explored?  

There are several ways of assess my students.  In every lesson that I teach, I always try to find new ways in assess my students.   I see assessment as a way of seeing the results of my teaching as well as the student’s performance.  The results from the assessment will help me to improve or change the way I teach.   While students will see the results as a way to improve on what needed to be improve.

There are arrays of assessments that I used to assess my students.  In which included chapter test, mid-term exams and also assessment during class activities. 

The assessments that I always give out after an activity or lectures are oral quizzes, and discussion circle. Discussion circle assessment is when students are participating and engaging within the post-discussion on the given lesson. If majority numbers of students participate within the lessons this shows that they are

In Margaret Heritage article, it emphasized on the three stages of formative assessment. In which I find it helpful in assess my students.  One of the stages that I believe that I need to input within my assessment is “students feedbacks about their learning with advice on what they can do to improve” (Heritage, 2010).  These feedbacks will help student to see where they need to improve versus the feedbacks that only praise them in a way. Both comments/feedbacks are useful but I believe that feedbacks that draws attention to the student weakness.   Another argument that is made within the article that I am strongly agreed is that formative assessment is viewed as a tool within instruction. Format assessment is an instructional tool that can help students and teachers evaluate themselves.  

            In conclusion, there are various assessments in assess our students.  Only you understand the way your student function and how they are to assess.  The websites, links, workshops are all good tools in helping with the way we teach and asses.