I'm a special educator, currently at the elementary level, but I've
taught at all levels including juvenile detention.  My informal on-going
assessments are standards/curriculum-based; I suppose what you'd call
formative.   I then write my IEP goals based on our state standards.
When I co-plan and co-teach with general ed., we group the students
based on the same types of assessments.  We obtain even more information
during the direct instruction time, where we're asking each student to
respond to the instruction.  While they are working independently we
make contact with each student to see how they're responding to the
instruction.  At the end of the lesson we, the teachers, discuss whether
more instruction is needed (for the class as a whole or for individuals)
or whether we can move on to the next skill in the curriculum.

All of this is dependent upon a "good" (i.e. research-based, sequential,
etc.) curriculum.

Jeanette 

 

 

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From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:assessment-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Marie Cora
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:03 AM
To: Assessment at nifl.gov
Subject: [Assessment 589] Your classroom today

 

Hi out there!

 

Ok, how about this:

 

How do you know what to do in your classroom today?  Do you strictly
follow some plan, or do you take cues from the reality of the present
situation?  If you follow a plan (strictly or not), how do you develop
your lesson plan?  Describe how you do this.

 

For those folks working in the GED realm:  how do you know where to
start with your adult students?  Just from the practice test or pre-test
or do you do other things as well?  Once the student is placed in an
appropriate level, how do you know what to do today with her?  How do
you know what she needs?

 

Thanks!! for any of your thoughts!!

 

marie

 

 

 

Marie Cora

marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com <mailto:marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com> 

NIFL Assessment Discussion List Moderator

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Coordinator, LINCS Assessment Special Collection

http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/

 

 

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