1 post from April 2009

         I am not sure that the assessment I have in my classroom now is adequate or not.  I generally give weekly tests based on the material we cover in class that assesses what I think they should have picked up during the week.  The main problem I have with assessment is that I don't feel that I am constructing anything that is even close to state test rigor.  I simply don't have the time to do that, and often it is hard to track down enough rigorous materials to give my students.  This summer I am going to try to practice with constructing assessments that more closely resemble state test rigor.  Hopefully, in my classroom next year I will have things a little more put together and I will have more time to create more rigorous assessment.  I also need a way to assess beyond just weekly testing.  I attempt to assess daily, but I often lack the will to grade assignments daily or to evaluate them.