This is always a strategy to improve student learning when they are aware of their learning. Metacognition is very important in education.

I am curious and will research what are broader self-assessment tools that can be used for students.

This is important for students to understand there is a connection between the learning and assessment. This makes the learning process more effective for the students.

Students need relevant feedback to grow in their learning.

Self-reflection is beneficial for all learners young and old. It is good for use to do in life.

Teachers need to be aware of this and give the students exposure to different forms of assessment. This also gives more opportunity for self-reflection as was mentioned in the previous article.

I would agree that the guidelines need to be clearly outlined on how to grade the essays. This is crucial for the grader and receiver of the grade.

I don't know if I agree with this one. Credit can be given if the teacher is overseeing the grading and reflective on the assignment too.

Students need multiple opportunities to grow in this practice to benefit from it.

I am glad to see that the rubric is a tool that is suggested for evaluation of a team project. I would like to see this used and even take it a step further and have the group create the rubric. This would deepen their learning and understanding.

Self-reflection and peer assessment are important for students to grow their thinking. This requires teachers the opportunity to work with one on one or small groups of student to do this self reflection.

This peer reflection needs to be a process that is taught on how to accurately do this. It is also an opportunity for the student to be doing self reflection while reflecting on peers work. They are constantly learning and growing as learners.

The classroom must be a safe environment where risks can be taken and students know it is okay to make mistakes and learn from them.

I like this idea of increasing student scores instead of seeing what students don't know. It is in line with how education is changing to fit PLC and the MTSS System.

This makes me emotional and the emotion I feel is anger. That there are teachers that are still out there that try to one up the student and have a power trip. As an educator and mother of three students myself I see this and have to play the politically nice card and try to listen instead of get mad during conversations with teachers. This class is giving me knowledge on the importance of assessments and different types.

As stated in one of the videos teachers are not taught in pre-teaching programs how to ask good questions, nor do I think we were taught how to prepare well written rubrics. If rubric are well designed they should not be "formulaic" in their outcomes.

I would say this student was not given a well written rubric.

Anything to mitigate teacher bias is an improvement for many teacher assessments and evaluations of student learning.

I would say to that, it was a poorly written rubric is it is "dumb".

This has been my experience with rubric to be very specific in the world of special ed. especially when using them for IEP goal writing.

These have to be clear and concise and match to the common core.

Using a choice of assessment methods is important to capture for all students their knowledge on a learning target.

I was in a classroom the other day and she had the radio playing in the background and it was a distraction for me. I was trying to work with a special ed student on a science assignment and has a hard time concentrating.

Using the same wording from the rubric is another way to enforce the students' learning and reinforce skills.

The key here is formative and summative and ongoing assessments. We don't stop with one and move on we want all students to learn the prioritized standard to mastery.

It is important to keep all four of these options within the assessment for students to show their knowledge.