Assessments+Record+Keeping+Reporting



My teacher co-teaches in the lowest level 4th grade class and we gave them a math test. It took 45 minutes to complete 3 questions on the test. Mrs. Jones quickly saw a problem with the test and believed that the test was above the student’s grade level. After class, my teacher spoke with the general education teacher and told her what difficulties her students had while taking the test. The general education teacher said that she and the teacher for the gifted children had made the test together. She thought that it would be fine to give to her class. I'm not sure why she thought it would be ok to give a test mostly for gifted in the lowest level class! The general education teacher quickly learned that she cannot give a test designed for gifted children to a partial special education class and expect them to pass the test. You needed to have more information about other assessments/record keeping for this class.

In my second placement class, the teacher has a filing system for every student. She only takes grades on tests, CRCT review sheets, and big projects. Every piece of work that the students complete goes home to the parents. When she checks the student’s work she circles the problems the studentns have incorrect and has them redo their work. In first grade, it doesn’t seem that grades are as important, but the students still do not want to get problems incorrect. My teacher keeps her records in a notebook and records each child’s grades on a sheet of paper that she can also use in parent teacher conferences.

Assessments and Record Keeping Ideas in my classroom for Assessments:
 * Tests
 * Worksheets
 * Group projects
 * Individual questioning
 * Surveys

Ideas in my classroom for Record Keeping:
 * Filing system
 * Grade book
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.33px;">Portfolios for students