In this fourth chapter of Fair Isn’t Always Equal three broad categories of assessment are discussed; portfolios, rubrics and self-assessments for the students. I don’t think that there was anything in this chapter that I didn’t agree with because I can easily see how any teacher, but especially I, would use these assessments in their classroom.
I think that portfolios are one of my favorite things to do, especially with English content, because I think with any lesson there is a lot of work involved into reaching the essential understanding. These pieces of work are extremely useful to look back upon when you continue through a unit, and therefore, portfolios seem extremely beneficial to the student and the teacher.
Rubrics seem to be fairly basic to me, but obviously extremely helpful. The only thing I really liked that this chapter mentioned about them was asking the designer questions on whether or not they need adjustments. Realizing that a rubric is either too hard or too soft makes all the difference and I think these questions should be emphasized more.
Finally, self-assessments were also something I felt like I knew pretty well, but when the author mentioned interactive notebooks I was completely blown away. I had never heard this idea, and this it’s probably one of the most useful forms of self-assessment. In this way, the students are able to explain personal insights into their work, and teachers are able to go through those, comment back, and help the student understand any similarities or differences between their ideas.
Overall this chapter was really helpful in giving insight into things I thought I understood well, just by giving specific examples.
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