Assessments that can be Understood
As we learn to decipher the data coming from assessments, we learn how to use the information to improve learning. Information can always be used in any manner that you can defend appropriately. The format is key. What are you trying to say? Showing comparisons are many times the easiest to understand. these comparisons with graphs point out the obvious. Using the same information in numerical form might be harder to examine. We tend to lose numbers easily where graphs tend to standout more.Boudette (2008)
The areas of concentration are pointed to directly and make it easy to follow. You can then spend more time on concentrating the area that you ned to increse.
Boudett, K., City, E., Murnane, R., (2008). Datawise: A step- by- step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning. Harvard Education Press. Cambridge Massachusetts.
September 21st, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Bruce,
I hope you will find the rest of this course as significant as the DVD by Stiggins. His insight aligns the rhyme and reason of collecting data and guides the use of data. It is time for more teachers to read between the numbers on the graphs! Your journal writings are exactly what I am looking for in this class…the connections to the classroom are key!