What I Have Learned... Continued

The last thing I want to talk about the reflective assessment. Daniels and Bizar discussed this in chapter seven. This seems to be something that everyone is talking ...or frustrated about. As teachers, we feel that putting an extreme amount of pressure on on single test and letting that be the determining factor in promotion or retention is unfair. It's unfair to the children and the teachers. I loved that in this book, they actually said, give them the "coaching they need to show their best on the tests-and then return to the real business of education, which is nuturing the growth of individual students' thinking, over the years, across disciplines, and among collaborators" (p. 224). I love this statement! :) I want to implement more reflective assessment into my practice. It shows that they can do more than just memorize information. We want children to be able to manipulate and apply knowledge so they can build upon that information as they proceed through their young lives to become productive citizens! I have enjoyed this semester most because we were learning more about how to improve our implementation and delivery of lessons.