Reflect on Grant Wiggins Interview Responses:
I agree with Grant Wiggins responses to assessment. In a nutshell Wiggins contends that assessment is way to audit student learning. He cautions that we use more than one tool to evaluate a student learning. One single test just gives a snapshot of the student. We need many snapshots to get a comprehensive view of a student's progress and achievement.
Reflection on Wiggins Explanation of Authentic Assessment:
There has been a lot of confusion about authentic assessment. Grant Wiggins helps us to understand what it is and its purpose. Grant explained that authentic assessment was devised to mimic the real world work that employees would produce. This kind of assessment is often project based rather than fill in the blank or multiple choice. The purpose is for students to have an understanding of the kind of work that will do as an adult in the work force. However it is important to understand that project based assessments may not be best suited to evaluate a student's individual performance. This is where a standardized assessment would come into play. The big take away is to understand the strengths and limitations of various assessments. Also, the type of assessment should always be aligned to your purpose. If your purpose is to give kids real world experiences then project based projects are most suitable. If your purpose is to evaluate an individual's skills then a more then a test with fill in the blank, multiple choice and short answers is best.
Reflection on Wiggins Distinctions Between "testing" and "assessment":
Wiggins contends that testing is a small part of assessment. It is like one piece of the puzzle in composing the big picture of a student's overall achievement. Many measurements are needed to accurately evaluate a students progress.
In addition it is also important to make the distinction between tests and project based assessments. Tests are useful in pinpointing concrete knowledge and specific skills of an individual student. While Project based assessments should be used to measure the work of a team as they are often collaborative.
Identify one strategy you use for assessing students:
I really like using the Think Tech based plat form for evaluation student learning. Think Tech offers multiple ways to test students and tap into various learning styles. A teacher may design various assessment including: Quiz it, Sort it, and Sketch it activities to measure learning. The other great feature is Think Tech will collect data and show an item analysis for individual students as well as the class. This assessment has helped to inform my instruction. I can easily see through the data what skills and concepts have been mastered and which ones I need to reteach.
I agree with Grant Wiggins responses to assessment. In a nutshell Wiggins contends that assessment is way to audit student learning. He cautions that we use more than one tool to evaluate a student learning. One single test just gives a snapshot of the student. We need many snapshots to get a comprehensive view of a student's progress and achievement.
Reflection on Wiggins Explanation of Authentic Assessment:
There has been a lot of confusion about authentic assessment. Grant Wiggins helps us to understand what it is and its purpose. Grant explained that authentic assessment was devised to mimic the real world work that employees would produce. This kind of assessment is often project based rather than fill in the blank or multiple choice. The purpose is for students to have an understanding of the kind of work that will do as an adult in the work force. However it is important to understand that project based assessments may not be best suited to evaluate a student's individual performance. This is where a standardized assessment would come into play. The big take away is to understand the strengths and limitations of various assessments. Also, the type of assessment should always be aligned to your purpose. If your purpose is to give kids real world experiences then project based projects are most suitable. If your purpose is to evaluate an individual's skills then a more then a test with fill in the blank, multiple choice and short answers is best.
Reflection on Wiggins Distinctions Between "testing" and "assessment":
Wiggins contends that testing is a small part of assessment. It is like one piece of the puzzle in composing the big picture of a student's overall achievement. Many measurements are needed to accurately evaluate a students progress.
In addition it is also important to make the distinction between tests and project based assessments. Tests are useful in pinpointing concrete knowledge and specific skills of an individual student. While Project based assessments should be used to measure the work of a team as they are often collaborative.
Identify one strategy you use for assessing students:
I really like using the Think Tech based plat form for evaluation student learning. Think Tech offers multiple ways to test students and tap into various learning styles. A teacher may design various assessment including: Quiz it, Sort it, and Sketch it activities to measure learning. The other great feature is Think Tech will collect data and show an item analysis for individual students as well as the class. This assessment has helped to inform my instruction. I can easily see through the data what skills and concepts have been mastered and which ones I need to reteach.