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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!)
If the teachers are working together to plan lessons and assessments, then their freedom is not being taken away as everyone is included in the planning process. When everyone works together, we are able to come up with the best possible lessons and assessments. While teachers may need to make small adaptations in their classrooms to the agreed upon lessons to meet individual student needs, it should impact the outcome of what standards the students are learning, therefore, common assessments are still valid. I have worked in schools where it is the expectation that an administrator could observe in every class during one period and learn an entire lesson because everyone is doing the same thing at the same time. The idea is not a lack of trust of teacher's abilities but the understanding that if good teaching can happen in one classroom in the building, it can happen in all of them if teachers work together, instead of everyone working harder to plan independently. Common lesson plans give teachers more time to analyze their students' learning and improve it because each person is not spending all of their time planning their lessons on their own. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: I feel this is an effective answer. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2015 2:01 am |
| Rated By: aqaWuR |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: collaboration is certainly essential in good teaching. Grade level teachers planning together will help to work out these issues. |
| Rated On: October 15, 2016 1:20 am |
| Rated By: etyWys |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: very useful |
| Rated On: October 8, 2017 4:04 am |
| Rated By: Gapasa |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: Great response. |
| Rated On: October 23, 2017 3:06 am |
| Rated By: RaZyma |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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Comments: If I were in this situation, I would exactly do this.
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| Rated On: December 4, 2018 2:16 am |
| Rated By: yzysuZ |
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