UbD Chapter 5

         This chapter, like all of the other chapters involved in this particular class’s homework involves assessing, and expands on some of the ideas read about it FiAE. It talks about some of the key principles involved in assessment, such as using a photo album to judge assessment, not a snapshot, matching the measures with the goal, and that the form follows function. It also delves into what truly understanding something is, and how to correctly assess it. Once again like previous chapters it goes into the three assessment types, summative, formative, and pre-assessments. Like previous chapters it also stresses nto giving out busy work or fluff, but calls them “inauthentic work and authentic work.”
As in previous chapters dealing with assessment this particular chapter gave me more insight on how to assess correctly, as well as how to view a student who I think has mastered a particular topic. In order to correctly judge the student I cannot view a single snapshot of his work and judge whether he has achieved mastery or not, I need to look at all of his work, varying at different levels and intelligences in order to know. He has to understand and be able to express the “big idea” in a real world context. I will also work in my future classroom to provide all three styles of assesment if a fair, equal, differentiated manner, and to act upon these assessments to the best of my degree to improve my students learning experiences.