Abstract
Chapter four of Fair Isn’t Always Equal focuses on using thee different types of assessments in the classroom: portfolios, rubrics, and self-assessments. Portfolios are useful for taking a comprehensive look at a student’s progress because they allow multiple pieces of evidences to be collected in one location. Rubrics are good for showing students what you expect from them before their product is turned in, as well as showing them how you evaluated their work. Self-assessments help students to make sure that they included everything they need in their product. Each type of assessment not only allows the teacher to evaluate the student, but also the student can evaluate his or her learning as well. Assessing students is important to understand what concepts, skills, and ideas students are acquiring through the lessons you are teaching, and these three methods are excellent ways to assess students. Having students assess their own works gives the teacher an idea of how the students feel they are doing. Teachers can then use these assessments to modify and adapt their teaching strategies to assist any students who are not meeting the understandings that the teacher created.
Synthesis The common consensus is that these methods of assessment are necessary for an effective classroom. Portfolios were popular because they can be used to show how students are making progress throughout a unit, a year, or even their entire high school career. The ability to organize them was also a popular feature and reason for using portfolios. Rubrics also had a popular response because they show the teacher's expectations and it allows teachers to give feedback to the students. The important part of rubrics is making sure that they explain the requirements clearly, so that students will not have any problems interpreting the requirements. Personal experience with rubrics makes it easier for us to understand the importance of using them in our own classrooms. The same can be said for self-assessments, which most of us have experienced using in at least one class. It seems that these three types of assessments will find their way into each of our classrooms in some format.
Chapter four of Fair Isn’t Always Equal focuses on using thee different types of assessments in the classroom: portfolios, rubrics, and self-assessments. Portfolios are useful for taking a comprehensive look at a student’s progress because they allow multiple pieces of evidences to be collected in one location. Rubrics are good for showing students what you expect from them before their product is turned in, as well as showing them how you evaluated their work. Self-assessments help students to make sure that they included everything they need in their product. Each type of assessment not only allows the teacher to evaluate the student, but also the student can evaluate his or her learning as well. Assessing students is important to understand what concepts, skills, and ideas students are acquiring through the lessons you are teaching, and these three methods are excellent ways to assess students. Having students assess their own works gives the teacher an idea of how the students feel they are doing. Teachers can then use these assessments to modify and adapt their teaching strategies to assist any students who are not meeting the understandings that the teacher created.
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