Effective assessment is essential for checking for understanding among students. Throughout the chapter, the analogy of snapshots verses photo albums were applied to different types of assessments. Snapshot basically represent a big test that may not completely represent the whole of a students understanding. While a photo album consists of smaller test taken over a period of time that represent understanding through diversity of assessment. An emphasis on various types of assessments at differing times such as pre-assessments, and post-assessments can give specific information about that students content knowledge. Effective assessment also includes making the measures with the goals, or in other words, remembering stage 1 when mapping out stage 2. Also, it is important for teachers to keep in mind there are various assessments to select when deciding, and picking the right one for a specific understanding will capture student understanding more than a assessment that doesn’t well exemplify the understanding.
As a future educator, I thought it was useful that the book discussed responsive assessment, which included assessing before teaching, providing feedback early and often, and encouraging self assessment and reflection. When students are able to reflect on their own work, it opens a window for a discussion with the teacher. If students graded their own work, and it does not represent the teachers grade, there is a basis for a conversation about that students work. I think this is a very valuable tip, and I will use it in my classroom. These are strategies I can envision using in my own classroom to help students build a comfortable environment while still upholding the meeting of criteria standards through assessments.
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