1. With a portfolio as evidence of a student's learning process, it is possible to construct a portrait, "one that a teacher and student can learn from long after the isolated moment of assessment" (Wolf, 1989, p.39)
2. According to K. Goodman (1969), miscues are not random errors, but are based on predictions and hypotheses the reader has about the different cues.
Questions:
1. I agree with all of the alternative assessment examples, however, as a teacher, when should or can you write down your observation or record comments on what each child said, especially if you have 30 kids in the classroom?
2. What other examples and ways you can do alternative assessment?
Issue:
1. If you are working for the district, and you have mandated assessments to give your students, how can you do these alternative assessments that you like?
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Quote 1
Student portfolios are a more accurate assessment of student knowledge and performance. This quote sums up what most educators agree is the most valid assessment of student ability. Teachers benefit by learning where certain students may have needed more supports and students learn by accessing their prior knowledge and building on it.
Question 1
I believe the best time to implement these alternative assessments would be when the class is working independently, I.W.T. and test small groups. Otherwise informal assessments can be made during discussion and Q & A events. These alternative tests may yield more accurate results, because there is more time and care invested in implementing them correctly. Odds are these assessments will have to be conducted over several days.
Issue
Perhaps one approach would be to save time used on correcting homework and use that time reserve to use a short 20 minute assessment. Most additional activities take place during I.W.T., when the teacher calls out a group of students at a time to conduct these Alternative assessments. As the teacher you are aware these results are to the benefit of you and the students, not the school. It is your decision when you would like to fit in alternative assessments and their frequency.
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