Diversifying Assessment
It is obvious to most education professionals that it is a disservice to measure student ability and knowledge using a single metric or method of assessment. This applies not only to the regular, everyday classroom, but also to the assessment of learning disabilities. For this reason, every tool used in the identification of learning disabilities must be utilized, as well as scrutinized, to ensure that the student is being assessed as accurately as possible. Whether it is informal observation or formal testing, we must conduct the entire process with extreme care and precision…
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August 22, 2021 @ 5:08 pm
Agreed! When in the classroom, I always thought it was an injustice that assessments were/are geared mainly to verbal learners. Sure, the occasional project could address visual, tactile, perhaps even kinesthetic abilities. But we all know that pencil and paper is the usual game, and that leaves out a vast majority of the student population.