7. Assessment

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• Assessment and Accommodation Information

Rationale: 

This is information about rules and guidelines involving assessment accommodations. All information on the document was taken from U.S. Department of Education: Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education. 

There is a lot of information in this article about accommodations for assessment. There are rules, guidelines, and legal provisions that help anyone understand the help they can get while testing. The document is a great resource for anyone trying to find accommodations for themselves. 

I learned that assessment is something that is very protected in schools. No matter what the reason may be, there are always accommodations available for any student to use during assessment. They are there not to aid in the test itself, but to allow the student to take the test in an environment that is comfortable and appropriate for that student. 

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• Recorded Heart Rate Monitor Times

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These are photos of recorded heart rate monitor times during my time student teaching. If students were just standing around and barely walking, it wouldn't read - which is great. The only time is would start counting is up when the student actually got their heart rates up to about 130 BPM.  

This was very nice in maintaining records. The program we used, Polar, saves every workout so you can have a log for very student in every class for the entire term. On top of that, you were able to look to see how much time each student spent in each zone of their heart rate sensors. 

I learned that this is not only a good way to maintain records, it is a good way to give students 100% complete and unbiased control over their grades. It eliminates any confusion and students blaming teachers for their grades - this put the grade and participation all on the student.