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** Standard 8 ** ** Teachers know how to test for student progress. **  The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.

Evidence: PowerPoint Math Review using a Senteo Response System

Rationale: This PowerPoint was used as a review for a 5th grade unit math test. Students were given questions that assessed their knowledge of the subject matter to be tested. Using Senteo Response System technology allowed me to see how the class was performing as a whole and how each individual student performed as well. I then used the information that I gained to determine which concepts needed more reinforcement before the test. As a teacher, I learned that it is worth my time to create such a product, due to the enthusiasm of the students and the feedback I received about their knowledge. I will now have this tool to use with my class for years to come. In using this kind of review, the students were instantly able to see their results and were able to receive extra instruction based on their performance.

KSD

8.K.2 The teacher knows how to select, construct, and use assessment strategies and instruments appropriate to the learning outcomes being evaluated and to other diagnostic purposes.

I chose using the Senteo PowerPoint to create this assessment so that the students and I could get an instant feedback on which concepts were met and which concepts needed more instruction.

8.S.1 The teacher appropriately uses a variety of formal and informal assessment techniques (e.g., observation, portfolios of student work, teacher-made tests, performance tasks, projects, students self-assessments, peer assessment, and standardized tests) to enhance her or his knowledge of learners, evaluate students’ progress and performances, and modify teaching and learning strategies.

This informal assessment technique using the instant response systems helped me gain knowledge about my students’ performance on skills. This allowed me to pinpoint concepts that needed to be reinforced.

8.D.1 The teacher values ongoing assessment as essential to the instructional process and recognizes that many different assessment strategies, accurately and systematically used, are necessary for monitoring and promoting student learning.

The Senteo PowerPoint was one of the many tools to assess student learning. Students were continuously assessed in other ways such as through observation, paper and pencil assessments and questioning to continue to support and promote their learning.

