Ms. Lori Terri, 1st Grade, Garapan Elementary School

1. How do you know your assessments are effective?

I would know if my assessments are effective if I see student progress.

2. As a teacher in training, what do I need to know about assessment?

Know that there are many different approaches to assessing students. Its also important to know that assessments don’t have to be lengthy. 

3. What are several ways you assess your students?

Written, oral, group activities, art work, computer- assessments

4. What is the purpose of assessing students?

To see if there is student learning, and to see if the methods of how a teacher delivers a lesson is adequate.

5. What is the difference between Common Core and CNMI Standards and Benchmarks?  Common Core is more specific. Standards and Benchmarks are broader in content.  

6. What do you do with the results of your assessments?

I use my results to modify or extend lessons.  I also use it to gauge myself as a teacher to see if my way of teaching is being understood by the students.

7.  How do you evaluate SPED students during Gen Ed lessons?

I evaluate them the same way I do with regular students except that they have modifications.

8.  Do you collaborate with teachers from the same grade level to create assessment activities? Of course.   Collaboration is extremely important in order to have uniform assessments.

9. Do you make modifications in your teaching after assessing your students? If so, what strategies do you generally use to modify your teaching?

Yes.

What challenges do you face when assessing students who have different learning styles?             TIME…and coming up with different activities that suit their reading

Additional Questions:

1. What is your biggest challenge when it comes to evaluating students?

Time constraints.

2. Why is assessment important?

Refer to Question #4 up top.

3. What type of assessments do you prefer and why?

Oral and short written assessments.  Oral assessments are good ways to quickly determine what a student has learned.  Written (standard) assessments are formal in nature.

4. Does PSS have a certain guideline for assessing?

As long as we assess what was taught in class, and according to the common core for reading and math, and standards/benchmarks for the other subjects.

5. Do you assess your students based on their learning styles?

Yes.  Not every student learns the same way.