Assessing Student Learning -- Reflection Journal #6
In this chapter, there was really good information about different types of assessments and how to create them. The part that stood out to me, however, was the discussion on learning objectives. I'm not sure how well we use learning objectives at my school, honestly (we write common plans and assessments, which is why I am framing this as a "we" rather than an "I"). We look at the standards and talk about what the students need to know, but it is very informal. The most formal learning objectives we have are the "I can" statements that we post in the classroom -- and that very few of us do anything with. The "I can" statements are not quite the same thing as a learning objective, as a learning objective is meant to be a planning guide for teachers and the "I can" statements are a learning guide for students. The learning objective comes first, as a foundation to planning and I feel like the "I can" statements are created a...