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Torry's Assessment Beliefs
Assessment is an on-going process.
Assessment data should be collected and help drive instruction.

It bugs me when teachers teach to the test or when they say it is important to learn "_______ because it will be on the test."

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Jenny's Assessment Beliefs -
+ formative assessments are crucial to learning if my art students are understanding the content.

+ In elementary I love that we do not have to grade art projects - that being said - assessment is still most definitely happening as we move through each project and area of students to better meet the needs of the students.  In middle and high school we do assess artwork, and for the most part in my experience it has been done in a valid and fair way, I wonder though if there is a better way that would encourage students to establish a life-long love of learning the arts.  I often wonder if the assessment is turning people away in the fine art area.

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Jessica's Assessment Beliefs-
-I believe assessments can be a great judge of student knowledge and growth depending on how teachers use them in the classroom.
-One thing that bugs me is when teachers use the same form of assessment over and over again and they are not getting an accurate picture of what their students are capable of.

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Monya's Assessment Beliefs- formative assessments help us see how our students are progressing toward the standards
I love Torry's idea of celebration of knowledge: Less pressure

Pet Peeve:
You need to know this ...for the test..AUGH!
My Wish:
What we teach kids is relevant to their world!

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Assessment Beliefs
Students should be involved in the assessment process.
Formative assessments should be used to drive your instruction to help your students meet a specific learning goal.
Assessment Pet Peeve
Not assessing Science and SS standards.
The amount of time some assessments take.

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Ben's Assessment Beliefs -
*Assess the learning process and not simply the "end product."
*Make sure that assessment embodies curricular aims as well as real world application

Assessment Pet Peeve:
Assessment needs to involve some facet of equity! Know your students and push them to "reach for the stars!"

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-- I believe that assessments are necessary, but the way I have been approaching them is not great (because we are taking data, but not doing much with that to inform our teaching)

-- I believe that our formatives should be worth more than our summatives (call me crazy!)

-- I DO NOT LIKE "gotcha" questions

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Beliefs: Questions should give students a fair opportunity to response (no purposeful gotcha answers), there are multiple ways students can show mastery.                                                                                    Bugs: Telling students the day of and people who get excited that students fail their tests. Those people are really annoying in the copy room.      -Abbey

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Kristina's Assessment Beliefs
*Assessments are a useful tool to know where my students come in at the beginning of kindergarten.  This information shapes my instruction and goals for each student.
*Assessments that give you a single score do not always give an accurate discription of the students abilities

Pet Peeve
*Loves to look at test scores and compare them to other teachers in a negative way

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Assessment Beliefs-
1. You have to have assessments! They are what guide your instruction...Not the resources you use.
2. There are so many forms of assessment, and you have to have a variety to fit the needs of your students.

Pet Peeve-
1. When people think that assessments have to be this "formal" thing all the time....

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*Jennifer 's Assessment beliefs: Formative assessments help drive the teachers instruction on a daily basis so that instruction can reflect what the students need both right now and in the future. Students should be aware of why we are assessing and take an active role in that growth process.

Pet peeve: Standardized assessments are not always developmentally appropriate for our kindergarten students which can be frustrating for both the students and the teachers. Data collected is not only valid. In my opinion some of the standardized assessments we are required to give assess the students ability to use a computer than their knowledge/skills they possess.

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Amy's Assessment Beliefs-
*Need formative assessments or you are just going through the motions as a teacher
*The most important person in the asssessment cycle is the student!  Even young students need to know what they still need to learn!
*Building a relationship with a student is always better than knowing a test score!

Assessment pet peeve:
*Assessment does not mean paper-pencil test! Assessment just means gathering information about what a student knows--can be informal or unique formats!