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Do you have any ethical concerns about assessment? Does more need to be done at the school and district level to provide teachers with guidance? |
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| nilah lyver |
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What is the purpose of assessment? As an educator, I believe the purpose of assessment is two-fold, one to inform instructor and two, to assess the students knowledge of material taught. I do not believe we should have anything on a test as a surprise or to trick them into making a mistake!
I believe teachers need to look at assessment more to inform their instruction or to find out what needs to be re-taught in order for our students to be successful in school.
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| Peter Renders |
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Having worked in in industry for a number of years I realized that very few deadlines exist for the majority of workers. Why would we penalize a student for handing something in late - I think its mostly because it is an inconvenience for the teacher. I tend to increasingly look for ways of making my courses deadline free (It's not possible 
As for testing, what does my customer expect their grade to be (student and parent), what does my employer expect my class grades to be and how do I use that information to my advantage in stimulating learning?
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| Falcon |
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The sole purpose of assessment is to measure achievement for the learner and to inform instruction. The research is very clear about the so called "surprise" assessment. It is unethical, what disappoints me is that the Ed. Research Newsletter is printing the survey without connoting what the actual research states. We have long ago moved from making sure students are taught on information tested and that information tested has been taught. I would appreciate rather than allowing an article to be left hanging in the air about surprise questions as an either -or, that the Newsletter would state what the truth about best practices for assessment states at the end of any type of article that is a survey. It appears the Newsletter is printing the survey to confuse educators. Good educators know what the research practices are, so let's go Ed. Newsletter and change your format to reflect the real research please, don't leave people hanging on a survey.
Superintendent
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| Bill Deno |
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Assessment needs to be in many forms from standardized to authentic, paper and pencil to exhibition, 1:1 conversations to portfolio/student lead conferencing.
As for grading - when does the IRS tell us that we missed the deadline so don't bother handing in our taxes? Students should not be penalized because they needed more time to turn a completed assignment in. They should also not be penalized for deadbeat parents who don't monitor homework completion.
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