Self assessment can lead to higher learning and increased performance as the student's refer to the assignment criteria on the rubric.

This seems to be a more realistic way to learn since this is how the majority of workplaces function.

This seems necessary if we are to achieve the highest level of assessment making sure we are actually assessing the learning targets appropriately, but I struggle with the fact that teachers have the time in their busy schedules or will take the time to create a test plan for every assessment they give.

Sadly, I feel assessment literacy is lacking in education. We not only need to focus on the assessments we give our students but also on training our educators and classroom teachers on assessment creation and effective use of assessment results.

It's too bad that these tests are being used to make so many decisions in the education system when they are not fully assessing the students learning and mastery of skills.

This can be a big challenge for teachers when parents are not involved in their students' learning and/or students do not put forth the effort. Sadly, this is very common.

The problem here is that the students in one class are not all at the same growth point and with growing class sizes, it can be difficult for the teachers to adjust to all students at the same time. Usually the advanced students will push themselves, but what about the lower students that need more time? With so much required of the teachers, they feel the pressure to move on so they can cover all of their units even when some students have not achieved the short term goals. This can lead to even bigger problems down the road.

So important to allow the student to identify the ways to move forward instead of just telling them what to do. This is where true learning takes place.

It's important that we remember to use the rubric not only to assess the final product but also during the process to guide learning and help the student grow.

It's sad that teachers are pressured to get their students to pass standardized tests that they don't always take the time to think about how what they are teaching their students is really helping them learn to solve real problems.

It could be difficult to use the data from assessments to guide instruction in a current course because often the online course is already established and changes cannot be made. However, data from assessments could be used for future classes.