Standard 7 - Assessment – The competent teacher understands and uses appropriate formative and summative assessments for determining student needs, monitoring student progress, measuring student growth, and evaluating student outcomes. The teacher makes decisions driven by data about curricular and instructional effectiveness and adjusts practices to meet the needs of each student.
For standard 7 - Assessment, I created an online assessment using a google form. The questions for this assessment were created using chapter 8 of the textbook, "Educational Psychology" by Anita Woolfolk. This assessment demonstrates my ability to create a challenging assessment that accurately determines the strengths and needs of my students.
Utilizing this assessment, I was able to evaluate student outcomes and use the data to determine my next instructional move. This project gave me the opportunity to experiment with creating and using online assessments. It also helped me to become familiar with the ways that this resource can enhance my teaching and planning.
7J uses assessment results to determine student performance levels, identify learning targets, select appropriate research-based instructional strategies, and implement instruction to enhance learning outcomes;
Using this online assessment, I was able to obtain my students' percentages, the average score of the class, and determine their strengths and weaknesses in the subject area. This assessment can be used as evidence to justify future instruction. The data can also be used to understand how to best facilitate student growth.
7K appropriately uses a variety of formal and informal assessments to evaluate the understanding, progress, and performance of an individual student and the class as a whole;
This online assessment demonstrates one means of giving an assessment. This assessment can be used as a formative, or summative assessment. It can be used to help teachers understand and track student performance.
7O effectively uses appropriate technologies to conduct assessments, monitor performance, and assess student progress;
The use of technology is extremely important in the classroom. Giving online assessments provide students with a different means of demonstrating their knowledge and understanding.