Introduction In education, reading plays an integral role in student academic success. It impacts all academic areas including math. However, many students struggle with reading and thus become limited in their ability to have a successful education. Reading is not confined to the capacity to decode words but also involves being able to comprehend and make generalizations while reading. Unfortunately, many students struggle with the ability to bridge the gap between these two skills.…
At this point, the teacher will be able to provide Marelle with a formative assessment and decide whether the student has sufficiently reached the objectives. If Marelle does not reach mastery, the teacher can revise her educational experiences until the goals are reached. A sum-mative assessment will be done by the teacher at the end of the school year or at the end of the learning period. The next step for the student will be to practice…
performance and dispositions towards learning. This will encompass gather assessment data, speaking with previous teachers, surveying my new students, and being a good listener of their daily class interactions during the first weeks of school. Once I have built of repository of information on where my students are currently at, I can start chartering mini-goals as well as long range goals for the semester. Like any assessment process, this will be a continuous effort of trying out new…
A broad statement that is hard to argue against. Assessments come in many forms and when used in combination provide a credible observation of student achievement. The subtext of Walker’s (2012), statement of assessment in a WLA PBL program is, the focus of assessment should be on teacher improvement not student mastery. Emmitt, Zbaracki, Komesaroff, and Pollock (2010), do agree that if teachers can improve…
score is between 31 and 45. Danny score is ranked at 0.1 percentile which means that Danny scored as well or better than 0.1 of the examinees his age. The second test Danny was given was the Oral and Written Language Scales (OWLS). The OWLS is an assessment of receptive and expressive (oral and written) language for children and adults 3 to 21 years old. The OWLS consist of three scales listening comprehension, oral expression, and written expression. It assesses not only lexical and syntactic…
The journal describes how selection process can be improved using a structured interview, and also asses the many way an interview can be structured. In addition, it’s important to mention the article have evaluated the structure or the standardization of interview and divided them into two particular categories; first through what influence the subject matter of the of a particular interview, and second by the process of evaluation of the information received within a given interview. The…
evaluating the student learning as a whole process. It covers Teaching Performance Expectations (TPE) 2 which is monitor student learning during instruction and Teaching Performance Expectations (TPE) 3 which involves interpretations and use of assessments. These teacher performance expectations are the teacher’s guidelines that needed to follow in order to become an effective education specialist. TPE 2 consists of the following. First, monitor student work during class for adequate progress…
About the classroom: Ms. Yoder and I have a classroom of 21 eighth grade students taking Pre-Algebra. One student in the classroom is on an IEP with multiple academic goals and a behavior goal. He is a level 3 student. This is Ms. Yoder’s first year in the district, therefore it is our first year working together. We are not co-teaching to the level we ultimately want to be, but we feel we are heading in the right direction. We are definitely get more comfortable with each other as our…
does it matter? What are some of the intended and unintended consequences of high-stakes testing? Also, what arguments do the proponents and critics have about high-stakes testing? High-Stakes Tests Defined A high-stakes test is a single, defined assessment that has significantly high consequences that are influenced by the score. There is a clear distinction between passing and failing. Furthermore, there are direct consequences outlined for passing or failing the test.…
Assessment and Evaluation is the final on-line course required to complete the certificate of Teaching and Training Adults. It involved learning methods of assessment and evaluation in order to determine if learning has been successful. I first thought that evaluations for adult learners aren’t important but I now realize that it is important to know if the content has been delivered successfully. Evidence of learning can only by determined through evaluation measures. Evaluation is not just for…