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Standard 8 - Teachers know how to test for student progress.
The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.

Evidence:
OHS Music Concert Webquest

Rationale:
This Webquest was created for my Keyboarding Applications 1 class. Students completed the webquest as a way to review for their final exam by applying what they have learned through the term to a real life situation. Students were required to help plan a music concert that was a reward for students who were on high honor roll. They had to write a letter to parents asking for help supervising the concert, create a table with information of who was going to be at the concert, write a report about one of the bands, and create a PowerPoint to show to the student body to increase interest in the concert. As a teacher, I used this webquest as a way to assess students on what they know and what I need to review with entire class before they take their final exam.

I enjoyed creating an assessment that would really interest students. Too many times do teachers resort to a paper and pencil test which doesn’t always give all students the ability to demonstrate their learning. I also found that students find what they are learning in class more interesting if they see how they are going to use this knowledge outside of school

KSD:
//8.K.1 The teacher understands the characteristics, uses, advantages, and limitations of different types of assessments (e.g. criterion-referenced and normreferenced instruments, traditional standardized and performance-based tests, observation systems, and assessments of student work) for evaluating how students learn, what they know and are able to do, and what kinds of experiences will support their further growth and development.// This assessment was used to evaluate students on what they had learned throughout the term. The assessment requires students to apply what they have learned to a real-life situation. If the students demonstrated that they did not know the material, it was reviewed before the students completed their final exam.

//8.S.1 The teacher appropriately uses a variety of formal and informal assessment techniques (e,g, observation, portfolios of student work, teacher-made tests, performance tasks, projects, students self assessments, peer assessment, and standardized tests) to enhance her or his knowledge of learners, evaluate students’ progress and performances, and modify teaching and learning strategies.// This assessment allowed students to demonstrate their knowledge and create a portfolio of examples of the different documents that they learned how to format through the term. This was a cumulative project that came after the students had taken a more formal assessment after each individual unit and completed many daily assignments.

//8.D.1 The teacher values ongoing assessment as essential to the instructional process and recognizes that many different assessment strategies, accurately and systematically used, are necessary for monitoring and promoting student learning.// This is one of many assessments, both formal and informal, that occur in my classroom. It is important to give a variety of assessments to give every student the ability to fully demonstrate their knowledge. This allows me to have a true reading of what my students really know.