Week 1 Reflection
In last week's lectures, we learned about assessments and their importance within the classroom. Assessments are the process of observing and recording children's work. The information from assessments should be gathered in several different ways before being interpreted. Assessment is necessary in the classroom for many reasons. They ensure students understand current material based on their grade level, aid teachers in planning instruction on subjects/areas that may need more or less demonstration for students, and communicate to families on students' progression. I also learned that all assessments are either formal or informal. Formal assessments are statistics-based data that is used to compare the performance of students and evaluate the effectiveness of a school's education. Some examples include tests and quizzes. Informal assessments are focused more on students' own performance and are useful for teacher planning when looking for student...