In this chapter, I learned about the definition of mastery, examples evidencing mastery, and different ways students can show mastery of a skill or concept. Many of the ways teachers test for that mastery are not indicative of the student’s mastery level but their ability to complete a task. Teachers need to find methods of testing students that will show whether the students understand the skill or concept and not just find ways to test them over the material. This will help me to find ways to assess my students and to make sure that they are showing mastery of the content. Simply asking students to answer a problem or circle a literary device does not show that the student has mastered the skill. Also, determining what is important for students to master plays a role in how the students provide evidence of their mastery. The assessment method must be fitting and appropriate for the content, otherwise it is an unnecessary assessment. I will keep this in mind when I plan units and assessments for my students and make sure that they are able to prove mastery of the content.
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