Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Go Back                 Case Posted on October 19, 2014 8:25 pm Add to Favorites vyPety Reps: 105 Assess...assess...assess In East County School, teachers are expected to assess...assess...assess. They give pre and post tests for each unit and informally assess students throughout units to assess student learning. Sally is a teacher at this school and now the county is requiring teachers to start giving quick 5 question formative assessments on Monday and Friday to determine student growth. Sally's students already complain that they test too much. What is the point of all this testing and is it really providing useful data that could not be achieved in another fashion?                 Submit a Possible Solution Please read response(s) below (if any) before posting your solution.                 Solution 1 Posted October 19, 2014 8:30 pm yMyTyq Reps: 100 The good thing about formative assessments is that they don't have to be paper/pencil assessments. You can incorporate other ways to assess your students without them actually knowing that they are being assessed. Google formative assessments and look at all the possibilities. Votes: +12 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 2 Posted October 19, 2014 8:43 pm eWuNep Reps: 101 If the assessments are used correctly, they can provide valuable information. However, I do agree that the testing in this case is a little excessive. I suggest using tickets out the door as assessment methods or the Monday and Friday assessments can be delivered with technology, such as clickers or online quiz programs. Students may enjoy the more interactive aspect of these programs. Votes: +3 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 3 Posted October 19, 2014 8:33 pm ejeSaq Reps: 103 I think that students do need to be assessed frequently, but maybe you should adopt different methods of assessment other than just giving five questions for students to answer. Class discussion, student self assessment, etc. could be useful strategies for assessment to still collect meaningful data. I can see where students feel that they are being assessed in the same way too often. Votes: +2 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 4 Posted October 19, 2014 8:31 pm myNepu Reps: 103 The problem is that students feel that they are assessed too often. I'm not familiar with the quick 5 assessment you mentioned, but I do think it is very important to formatively assess students on a regular basis. There are many ways to do this without the students even knowing they are being assessed. Some of those ways are through observations, discussions, tickets out the door, etc. The most important thing to consider is that if teachers are not using the data from the assessments to drive their instruction, the assessments are pointless. Votes: +1 / -2 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 5 Posted February 23, 2015 12:58 am SeguHu Reps: 96 Try other types of assessment and try to make games out of it. Regardless of whether or not all the testing is necessary, if administration insists, that is just how it has to be. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Submit a Possible Solution Please read response(s) below (if any) before posting your solution.