Like many teachers I think I have several miss understandings when discussing large scale assessments (LSAs), we are given minimal training on them and how they are developed unless we seek the knowledge ourselves and are also given very minimal training on how to administer them and interpret the results. If we are even given…

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My Position Large scale assessment should not be used for the ranking of schools. Contrary Position Large scale assessments are a good tool for ranking schools. “Parents use the rankings as one source of objective evidence of school performance when choosing a school for their children,” (Cowley, 2016) families need the full picture of the school…

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What are the explicit purposes for classroom assessment in your context? Looking at my own classroom practice my assessment has two explicit purposes, the first being formative to be used as a guide for learning and the second being summative. I primarily use a project-based learning approach with my students working from highly structured inquiries…

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“The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change,” (Schleicher, 2012) education systems need to change constantly to keep up with the evolution of our global society. In his 2012 TED Talk Schleicher advocates the use of data on local, national and international…

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My students complete a total of five to six reading assessments per year, these are administered by myself as their classroom teacher. In September we use the DART test in conjunction with the previous year’s reading levels to determine which students need running record using the Fontas and Pinnell assessment kit within the first few…

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