In this course we have learned about several different ways teachers can access their students. Selected response (multiple choice, true/false, matching), constructed responses (short answer or essay), performances based (if the student is able to complete the task successfully) or portfolio based (keeping track of how the students have progressed from the beginning to the end).
I will access my students either by performance or portfolio based assessments. I feel that these are the best ways to see if students truly understand what they’ve been taught. It matters what the subject/lesson is to determine which one would be better used.
If I was accessing the students writing I would want to use a portfolio based assessment to show the students progress and access them based on how they’ve improved. If I was accessing the student’s capability to do a measure liquid in a break I would use performance based assessment to make sure the student is able to measure the liquid.
Difficulties I would encounter would primarily come from the other teachers. The other teachers would want me to give the same tests they give out. They could think that I’m being too easy on the students or I’m not teaching the same contents they are because they wouldn’t be able to measure it on same test. Assessing the students my way and not giving out the test would prove that the students improved or truly understood the context and not just memorized the material for the test.
