Chapter 4 discusses some of the most important types of assessment ( at least according to this book.) It discusses the benefits of portfolios, rubrics, and student- self assessment. Some of the benefits of a portfolio is that it is "an excellent way to determine accurate grades for students in differentiated classes." It gives students an opportunity to view their own work throughout a particular class, as well as giving the teacher an accurate view of the student's gained masteries throughout the work period. Rubrics are important because it is a way to put our goals of assessment down on paper, in a clear concise way that a student can understand. Student self- assessment is important because it gives a student a chance to look at how they view their own progress, as well as give teacher feedback on what may have been hard for the student to understand about their lessons, as well as what worked well.
In a future classroom I will definitely be including all three of these important assessment types. before I had even read this chapter I knew how helpful these could be, and certainly afterwards I feel even more so. What could be more helpful than gaining feedback from what students feel their own shortcomings may have been ( although they wouldn't have been their shortcomings, but my own failures as a teacher), or having all of a students work conveniently places in one binder so I could see the extent of a students growth throughout my class?
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