Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Overwhelmed with Assessments
My teaching partner and I have been trying to implement a lot new assessments (that are both formal and informal, formative and summative) into our lessons. We are doing some written tests with the older students and checklists for all students. It is so overwhelming to keep record of all the students! We have so many students and such a varying schedule that it is hard to keep track of who has assessed what and when, and who still needs to be checked off. Classroom teachers, do you experience this overwhelming feeling since you have so many assessments to do or is this because we see all the students in the school? Any other specialists have any ideas for record keeping?
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As a classroom teacher, we have lots of assessing too-- formal and informal. That's why I now have a big binder for literacy assessments and notes that I do daily. I have a more generic record book for math, spelling, and content areas. I would say to just get to know excel really well, have a class list for each class/grade level, and have a one clipboard per grade. Then you could grab the board and flip through classes to find a spreadsheet. It would be very hard to input all this date in to the computer and keep it all up to date, so I'd just be careful not to lose all your papers! It's tough, but I always think that no matter how/what you're assessing, it's a good thing. Especially if you are using your data.
ReplyDeleteI use a binder with plastic sleeves. This way I can grab it easily, but keep it organized. I use those cheap tabs in the dollar bin at target and seperate by subject. You could seperate by grade and class. I also use a spreadsheet and check it off. It tends to end up being at home work, especially to keep track of who was assessed and who was not.
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