Assessment Philosophy
Assessment Philosophy Abstract
One of my favorite quotes is, “The best thing to spend on children, is time.” I think this idea ties strongly into assessment, in that formative and summative assessment should be methodically formulated and re-examined by group collaboration amongst teachers. These assessments should showcase essential learnings and be driven by the four driving questions of a professional learning community, which are, “What do we want our students to learn? How will be know they have learned it? How do we respond if some students do not learn it?” and finally, “What do we do to extend or enrich the learning for those who have learned it?” (Dufour 2015). We, as teachers, must come away from these meetings with the tools needed to provide next steps in instructional teaching that are appropriate for each of the students learning needs.