Okay so just when I think I am doing alright and on task....I am still behind. I am another one who is so not used to chit chatting on line or mingling etc. so bare with me. I read chapter 5 and then we heard Dr. Wilson lecture on it as well,and I have to tell you that the lecture always makes better sense than just reading it.
Chapter 5 covers formal assessments and we talked about it in class so I am not going to try to summerize the chapter. What I will say is that why does assessing a child have to be so complicated and full of bullsh**t rules. It is a good thing that there are various assesments out there to use and it is a good thing that they are used but as we have all learned just because the assessment is packaged real pretty doesn't necessarily mean that it is the answer. I thought that the video on Maddy reading was very interesting because I wonder if as parents and teachers, we look at the physical, and facial expressions of a child and assess those things. Obviously those remarks and gestures mean a whole lot more than just what is seen to the eye. Maybe what we should do is look at the physical and facial expressions to see what is really going on with the child. Kids come to school with all kinds of problems, guilt, and negativity and alot of the time that plays into what they do and don't do. Obviously what we as teachers want to know if our students are at their level and these assessments are there for that but it may not always be the ultimate solution. We as teachers also need to find ways to keep trying to help our students and I know that in the real world that doesn't always happen for whatever reason. iknow alot of people who just fell through the cracks and that is so unfair to them and to our society.
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Jennifer;
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that we put our students through so many assessment and alot of it seems like bull****! I know as a teacher that there is a reason for all the assessments but in the minds of our students all they seem to say is "here we go again another test!". My son and daughter-in-law were here this evening. All the remarks one of my grandsons said as I commented that they only had four days of school this week all he said "Oh I have to take important tests on Reading Math and I do not remember what else he said. I felt sorry for him because he is only in the 1st grade and he feels bombered with important tests! How sad? I remember when I was in the 1st grade I loved going to school and I never wanted to be absent but him he hates school and does not want to go. As adults we cannot blame them because they feel all the testing. By the way thanks for working as a team in the powerpoint last Monday.
Dolores