Reflective Assessment
Reflective assessments in classrooms can be so challenging. Many students do not test well and sometimes tests are not a fair example of all the information the student has learned. I find portfolios and performance assessment rubrics works well for most students that I have taught, it frees the students that have any fear or pressure from taking tests. Many students know the information but freeze when they try to get the inforamtion out onto a test but there are others who do really well on a test but have problems with other types of assessments, which is why it is a good thing to have various types of assessments.
That reminds me of when I get the privacy folders out and the kids frantically say, "Is this a test?!" and I say NO, I just want everybody to use their own brains. I don't like for them to feel pressured but by the time the state test comes to us they all know they can do it so it's no problem and they're begging me to let them go ahead of the class.
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