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Testing and Grading Chatboard

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by Erica

Jan 23, 2012

Hey! I was wondering what people think about students taking a quiz using the Smartboard. I know there are programs that you can use where students use remotes to answer questions and then are graded but I was wondering if this was difficult to so. Do you think it is difficult if students make a mistake? I thought it would be a good idea because yo...See More

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Testing: basics

by subteacher86

Mar 18, 2012

I'm sorry, but I've held my teaching license for less than a year, and the idea of preparing a test is daunting to me. I didn't apply any of the methods I learned during my assessment class to the tests I designed during student teaching, and I think these tests would have been ineffective in an actual teaching situation. I find assessment writing ...See More

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Sara On 3/18/12, subteacher86 wrote: Grading is subjective - we like to pretend it's not but it is. For that reason as well as others I grade gently and try to err on the side of being generous.

Especially when I grade writing - in our school we took an essay and passed it around among the Lit/Language Arts teachers - we all graded it different...See MoreOn 3/18/12, subteacher86 wrote: Grading is subjective - we like to pretend it's not but it is. For that reason as well as others I grade gently and try to err on the side of being generous.

Especially when I grade writing - in our school we took an essay and passed it around among the Lit/Language Arts teachers - we all graded it differently. How subjective is that?? One man's treasure is another man's junk is really true when it comes to grading writing.

What subject are you teaching? Testing comes down to - is it open book/open note or not? If not, then you basically have choices between multiple choice questions, true/false, short answer or essay and fill in the blank (with a word bank or not).

These days projects and presentations are often used as assessments instead of the old closed book tests.

That's it in a nutshell. I never use any tests generated by publishers - I write tests for each class. Tests are a part of the magician pulling a rabbit out of the hat thing. Tests are the ways we try to convince ourselves, the students and society that kids are really learning something in school.

Take your teaching far more seriously than the tests you give. Tests are the least important thing I do and I only do them because it seems to be an embedded part of the process that we call school. There are, by the way, alternative schools that don't give tests at all. In grad school I was never given a test - I wrote papers.

> I'm sorry, but I've held my teaching license for less than > a year, and the idea of preparing a test is daunting to me. > I didn't apply any of the methods I learned during my > assessment class to the tests I designed during student > teaching, and I think these tests would have been > ineffective in an actual teaching situation. I find > assessment writing complicated. Please describe the > simplest way possible to design and grade a weekly and > monthly test. > > Also, what is the easiest way to grade an essay if I have > to use the five traits model? The rubric allows for far too > much subjectivity.

May 2, 2012

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Assessment modifications

by Amber Toepfer

Apr 7, 2012

Hello, in my college classes i am learning about moddifying assessments for special education students. How much can you modify a test without changning it completley? what would be the best way to go about modifying a test?

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Testing Assessments

by Chloe

Apr 9, 2012

What testing assessments do you use in your classes and why? If you could include the subject and grade that you teach? This is for my college class

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Students cheating when given participation point book

by teaching

Jun 6, 2012

I'm a high school teacher. I have a turn-taking system for students to keep track of participation points earned in class each day, with a general gradebook that I give them and have set up.

I am now starting to realize, however, that there is some "point gouging" going on -- some students are marking down way more points than are earned ...See More

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S. Slater Why don't you just have them rate themselves instead of peers? You are a good judge of what you saw and it would be interesting to see how they rate their participation compared to you. This would also open up dialogue about your expectations in class and clarify any misconceptions of what "participaton" looks like in class.

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Sep 2, 2012

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C $man Interesting responses. Keep 'em coming. Thanks for the input.

On 9/02/12, S. Slater wrote: > Why don't you just have them rate themselves instead of peers? > You are a good judge of what you saw and it would be interesting > to see how they rate their participation compared to you. This > would also open up dialogue about your...See More

Sep 2, 2012

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40 Alternative Assessments for Learning (K- middle, high)

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Aug 8, 2012

Assessment doesn't have to be fill in the bubbles...

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Systems for keeping up with grading?

by Firehose drinker

Oct 29, 2012

I've been teaching for a few years (math) but this year is the first year having as many students as I do, about 130. Some of you are snickering, I know, because this is a normal load for general population teachers, but still, I'm having a hard time keeping up with these numbers.

So my question is: Aside from tests and quizzes and project...See More

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Vet Teacher On 10/29/12, Firehose drinker wrote: > I've been teaching for a few years (math) but this year is > the first year having as many students as I do, about 130. > Some of you are snickering, I know, because this is a normal > load for general population teachers, but still, I'm having > a hard time keeping up with these numbers. > &...See MoreOn 10/29/12, Firehose drinker wrote: > I've been teaching for a few years (math) but this year is > the first year having as many students as I do, about 130. > Some of you are snickering, I know, because this is a normal > load for general population teachers, but still, I'm having > a hard time keeping up with these numbers. > > So my question is: Aside from tests and quizzes and > projects, how do you manage grading for informal > assessments, classwork, homework, participation? What's your > system? > > Recommended articles are welcome too.

Your question must have stunned us all into silence but here goes though very late in response to your question. I don't grade participation in math class. I want them to learn math and some kids are shy and I don't want to end up grading their personalities. I don't grade homework - if they can't make mistakes on homework, where can they make mistakes? Homework is for practice and learning not for grading.

I give one quiz every week and some math maintenances. I find if I give small quizzes more often, everyone does better. It takes unnecessary stress out of the mix. I grade my once a week quizzes over the weekend usually.

I don't teach so I can produce grades. I don't let the need to grade rule me or my classroom. The cry of "You don't have enough grades!" is a ridiculous or very short-sighted one. Why do we need a ton of grades? Only if we feel we have to justify why we give a kid a poor grade. No parent comes in screaming "I want to see every grade you gave that justifies you giving a B+ to my kid!"

I don't try to trick kids or trip them up and I add 'challenge sections' to my quizzes (are your classes mixed or tracked?) I want the talented kids to do the challenge sections but I don't grade the less talented kids down for not completing that section but they're welcome to try it.

If my principal screams "You don't have enough grades" then I can put down a monthly or bi-monthly participation grade but I make those good grades. I'm not giving a shy kid a D because they don't talk in class. A quiet kid who's listening in class is also participating. I can also put a check in my book for completed homework and give a grade on the completion (or did they try because not every kid can do the homework on their own)

I don't let kids grade each other's quizzes so if I'm grading 130 (!) quizzes a week or even every other week, that's more than enough, that's plenty.

Mar 28, 2013

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