This weeks reading was about evaluating student learning and how we as teachers can make helpful accommodations. Some different types of assessments that students can use to help evaluate themselves are portfolios and performance based assessments. This are both great, non-traditional ways that you can assess a students without having them take the traditional multiple choice/essay test, and it still shows that the students know the material and have a grasp on what they should be learning. I am personally a fan for these alternate ways for assessing students because I know that I am a horrible test taker, and I wish that my teachers would have done some other assessments rather then just exams because it does help students get involved with their own learning.
Assessments is one way we can make accommodations for students, some others are report card grading and also accommodations before, during, and after a tests. When I first read about the report card grading I was a little confused because why would I change students grades? But that is not what this is about. Report card grading is referring to grading practices that benefit all students, using standard based grades, and basing grades on IEP objectives. Grading should be based on the same scale for all students. In class we also watched a little video that talked a little bit about accommodations. We should not act as a crutch for those who have disabilities, but we should motivate them and push them to their fullest potential.
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