Mte 559 Beliefs About Assessment Paper
Beliefs About Assessment
Janeen Jackson
MTE/559
September 1, 2014
Richard Mather
Abstract
Assessments are designed to measure how students are learning, measure academic targets and how to plan lessons. This paper will explain my beliefs about assessments. I feel assessments have their place in academia, but it should be used to define a student’s (or a teacher’s) potential ability.
Beliefs About Assessment
How must assessment be carried out?
Assessment must be carried out by the following means. The educator should gather dependable information and use it to:
1. To make sure teacher is using the best materials for student success
2. For local and state boards to make adjustments in curricula.
The assessments must be valid and reliable. An educator’s job when it comes to assessment is to “gather appropriate information about student achievement and utilize that information into instructional decision making.” (Stiggins & …show more content…
Assessments can be used to track academic achievement among students. Assessments take the whole picture of how schools are doing across cultural, socioeconomic grade levels and school subject lines. I belief the purpose of assessments is to take a survey of what is working and what is not working in certain subject areas, cultural groups, teacher and school district competency. “Assessment is used in educational settings for a variety of purposes, such as keeping track of learning, diagnosing reading and writing difficulties, determining eligibility for programs, evaluating programs, evaluating teaching, and reporting to others.” (International Reading Association, 2014). Assessments are not just to see where a student stands academically, it also shows if teacher are lacking in their job. Assessments can show where they can improve to make them more effective
Janeen Jackson
MTE/559
September 1, 2014
Richard Mather
Abstract
Assessments are designed to measure how students are learning, measure academic targets and how to plan lessons. This paper will explain my beliefs about assessments. I feel assessments have their place in academia, but it should be used to define a student’s (or a teacher’s) potential ability.
Beliefs About Assessment
How must assessment be carried out?
Assessment must be carried out by the following means. The educator should gather dependable information and use it to:
1. To make sure teacher is using the best materials for student success
2. For local and state boards to make adjustments in curricula.
The assessments must be valid and reliable. An educator’s job when it comes to assessment is to “gather appropriate information about student achievement and utilize that information into instructional decision making.” (Stiggins & …show more content…
Assessments can be used to track academic achievement among students. Assessments take the whole picture of how schools are doing across cultural, socioeconomic grade levels and school subject lines. I belief the purpose of assessments is to take a survey of what is working and what is not working in certain subject areas, cultural groups, teacher and school district competency. “Assessment is used in educational settings for a variety of purposes, such as keeping track of learning, diagnosing reading and writing difficulties, determining eligibility for programs, evaluating programs, evaluating teaching, and reporting to others.” (International Reading Association, 2014). Assessments are not just to see where a student stands academically, it also shows if teacher are lacking in their job. Assessments can show where they can improve to make them more effective