Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Assessment in a New Content Area Mrs. Grace started teaching social studies this school year to middle school students. She started year excited and ready to teach, but is now discouraged. Her content leader has required all of the grade level social studies teachers to administer the exact same summative assessments and submit item analysis reports to her after each assessment. Mrs. Grace is frustrated because this severely limits her ability to teach using her personal teaching style. She also feels that she is not covering the content to best of her ability because she is stuck to giving the 'required' assessments. The students are also frustrated with the assessments because they are all Scantron due to the need to submit item analysis information. How should Mrs. Grace handle this situation? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Mrs. Grace should continue on giving the summative assessments and trying as best as she can to teach the way that she wants to. Unfortunately, when the powers that be require something of this sort there usually exist little wiggle room. However, Mrs. Grace should be encouraged by talking to other more experienced teachers who would most likely tell her that in time the most frustrating aspects of mandated assessment usually come and go. Carry on and wait for this one to go.