7. Assessment

Assessment Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAlBhvhx23j41B26L74dUTG7jESFyOyF-wpIFS7XKmF96-Pg/viewform?usp=sf_link 

The documents linked above are an assessment I created for a chapter in my educational psychology textbook and an analysis of the data I collected.  This project shows that I have met the standards of assessment per the guidelines in Standard 7 which states that the competent teacher "uses assessment results to determine student performance levels" (7J).  As can be seen through my analysis, student performance was not quite where I would like to be.  The report analyses which questions students seemed to struggle with, as well as topics they had clearly mastered.  Strategies are also outlined on what steps I would take next in terms of aiding student performance.

Another performance indicator I met through this project is that,  "the competent teacher maintains useful and accurate records of student work and performance" (7M).  This can best be seen by the scores recorded in the test analysis.  Each students grade is documented as a percentage, z score, and T score.  The class results, things like mean, median, and mode, are also documented, so anyone can look at the data to compare how the class performed.  Further documentation of student performance is also available to me in the Google Form.

The use of Google Forms to create the test also shows that I "effectively use appropriate technologies to conduct student assessment" (7M). The use of Google Forms in this project was essential, as it allowed me to easily share the test with my peers (who graciously agreed to take my test), and view their responses in real time.  I was also able to view charts that documented student responses, which was extremely beneficial when it came time to analyze the data collected.

The above three documents are a lesson I created for my secondary methods course. We were tasked with creating a lesson on any topic from U.S. History, and had to create an alternate assessment. I chose to create a lesson on the Chappaquiddick Incident, and then created an assessment where students were to write a letter to Senator Kennedy regarding his possible resignation. 

Through this assignment, it is shown that I understand "that assessment is a means of evaluating how students learn and what they know and are able to do in order to meet the Illinois Learning Standards" (7B). This writing assignment would allow me to evaluate student inquiry skills based on the multiple sources we looked at during the lesson, as well as other history standards.

I chose to add this lesson to my portfolio because it shows that I can design different forms of assessment. While my first artifact is a multiple choice test, this assignment is more creative, and allows students to practice their writing. While we were only required to use history standards for this lesson, it could easily be adapted to include writing, reading, or listening depending on the sources presented.