Chapter 5: Considering Evidence of Learning in Diverse Classrooms

The chapter addresses the ways of assessing the different types of knowledge that the students should have acquired in a unit or lesson. The many different ways to make accurate assessments are also discussed, however the thing that I took from the chapter was a specific form of assessment. The "Standardized Test". This is the type of assessment makes me extremely angry, so much depends on them, mostly a single test that the kids rush through because they have no idea how important they truly are. I hope to never have a class formed around a standardized test because I feel that the accuracy is very poor. If I ever have to administer a standardized test I will make sure that I clearly state what the outcome means for the students themselves. At least then some of the kids that would have normally blown the test off might think twice about it.