My mid-semester goal relates to FEAP 4 (assessment). In order to further assist my students (currently and in the future) I need to use both formative and summative assessments to guide instructional strategies or decisions. My goal is to take a more active role in creating and evaluating assessments. My CTs stated that this FEAP is not applicable to me at this point because I have used informal assessments but have not had the opportunity to design formative assessments. My university supervisor stated that although this is true, I have created assessments in other courses, which are important in my development in relation to this FEAP. Taking this feedback into account, I reflected on my experiences with formative and summative assessments, and informal or formal assessments. Since writing this blog post, I had the opportunity to grade a test in my internship class. Although I did not write the test, I was given the opportunity to evaluate students' short answer responses. This relates to evaluating summative assessments and allowed me to see how well the students were understanding the content.
Through my courses, I have had the opportunity to create a performance task (summative assessment), attached is a word doc of all components that I have created as evidence of my learning in regards to creating an assessment. This document includes the performance task (and student hand out), a rubric, a letter home to the parents discussing the topic of the upcoming lesson, and worksheets that will be completed (an artifact of formative assessments). Another artifact of this learning consists of the assessments that I have administered (a running record, and the spelling inventory). I was able to administer the spelling inventory to the entire class (however, only one example is attached below) and evaluate each student’s performance on this informal assessment. I was able to give a running record to a total of five students (on different days -- one example of this artifact is attached below). These two assessments are evidence of my learning in relation to FEAP 4. I have had the opportunity to complete a DRA (which includes more comprehension questions and summaries). Administering a DRA is an important assessment tool to use in the future to evaluate the students reading level, or growth throughout the school year. This opportunity relates to FEAP 4 (assessment) because I administered the assessment, and then evaluated where the student was (i.e. instructional, frustration, independent, etc.)
As a plan for my future work related to this goal, I plan to create a worksheet that is considered a formative assessment on my next lesson so that I can better evaluate my students academic learning, and discuss the assessment with my CTs. In addition to this plan, I would like to assist my CTs in grading a summative assessment, and discussing the evidence that this assessment has provided so that I can further my ability and understanding of assessments in general.
Artifact One (Performance Task):
Performance Task |
Artifcat Two (Spelling Inventory):
Student Spelling Sample |
Evaluation |
Artifact Three (Running Record):
Running Record |