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Case: Same Formative and Summative Assessments for All Teachers With the growing concerns of the new End of Course testing requirements, administrators and the Instructional Lead Teacher at a high school have proposed that all teachers of the same grade level and content area must have the same formative and summative assessments. Their grade books will have to match regarding the titles of the assessments (daily and test grades). The Math teachers are concerned, but they know that this can be worked out. The English Language Arts teachers are the most concerned, because this takes the art of teaching away from them. The ELA teachers have common Unit Tests that are given every 4.5 weeks; however, their other assessment grades (vocabulary tests/quizzes, the short pieces of literature they read, and the activities they create for the literature) are different. The ELA teachers believe that they should be able to have the ability to create lessons, activities, and assessments that suit their teaching style and their students' learning styles. Is the freedom of their craft being taken away? How should these teachers address their concerns? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I believe this is a situation where educators are going to need to come together to plan and feel like everyone present really has a voice. The need for consistency in grading is evident and parents feel more confident knowing students are all being assessed equally. As a language arts teacher, I personally spend a great deal of time creating assessments and would love the opportunity to collaborate with other teachers to create assessments. The teachers will need the support of administration with uninterrupted planning time, which is usually the biggest obstruction to this type of planning. Sharing concerns and gaining support from administration would be my first step as a teacher in this situation. |
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