Assessment Practices
Assessment is one of the more fascinating aspects of our profession. It is amazing how many various assessment strategies exist, and how it substantially changes from classroom to classroom. At first, this has the perception of being a good thing, and I believe it can be, however, upon further investigation, we often find that there are some assessment practices that are great, and others that are poor. Obviously, assessment practices embedded and implemented through research based strategies are more effective, so naturally this is the road I find myself on, however it is ever changing. In my first year of teaching I simply followed the assessments of my subject partner. Fortunately for me, he was an exceptional data-informed instructor and loved to dig into data collected from assessment, which I believe is the root of all good assessment. What we do with the assessment data truly define many aspects of us in our teaching. I have the philosophy I always share with my students and the...