The teacher understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making.
Licensure/Content Standard #3c: Understanding and practicing responsible assessment to
promote positive outcomes for each child, including the use of assistive technology for children with disabilities. Licensure/Content Standard #4b: Knowing and understanding effective strategies and tools for early education, including appropriate uses of technology. Licensure/Content Standard #3a: Understanding the goals, benefits, and uses of assessment— including its use in development of appropriate goals, curriculum, and teaching strategies for young children. Licensure/Content Standard #2c: Involving families and communities in their children’s development and learning.
Description of Evidence and how it demonstrates the standard(s):
This is a survey that I made for Kindergarten students via "Google Forms" for letter and number comprehension. It asks 7 questions, multiple choice and true or false, about upper and lower case letters, sentence structure, and numbers. This would provide a Kindergarten teacher with a simple form of assessment for her students to determine how well the students understand these concepts
Implications for Future Teaching:
This survey is for Kindergarten students to take at home with a parent. The parent would read them the question, then the student would answer. This allows children to do a homework assignment via technology, which is appealing to them. It also encourages parents to take part in their children’s homework. I would most likely assign this survey to be taken within the first week of school to assess where the children are at regarding these concepts and to start the year off with parents being involved. This form of assessment can be used for any grade, any content area, and any learning topic. It is simple for the teacher and the students and it adds diversity to the type of homework/assessments typically given. It also provides the opportunity for students to take a test or quiz if they are unable to take it physically in class. For example, if a student with a disability uses assistive technology or has trouble with fine motor skills, this is an alternative option for taking tests/quizzes. Constantly finding ways to diversify assignments keeps students interested which is extremely important.