Assessing Student Learning

Assessing students can be done in a myriad of ways, most having merit. The way we assess our students should depend upon who our students are and the unit we are assessing, as these are the two major factors affecting what is learned. 

This article emphasized the importance of giving feedback BEFORE assessing students. Students should peer edit one another as a way to give them thorough feedback. As a teacher, I may not have time to really go through each rough draft as thoroughly as I would like, so peer editing is a good way to get by that. 

Also helpful, was how was grade papers. The way assessment is worded is crucial and although I knew this, I didn’t really have a way of knowing how to properly word feedback. Having an example of this is massively helpful.