Assessment Through the Student's Eyes

I really enjoyed reading this article.  It had some great points that I never really thought of.  So many students really get "beaten down" with the constant assessments.  Some students are constantly being told they aren't good enough.  So in this article it talks about some great ways to change the culture of assessments.  Assessments don't have to be a bad thing, there is a lot of great things that can come from them.  I especially like the math example in this article.  I thought it was really clever how the teacher had a post assessment for the kids to fill out after they took their tests.  The little girl who had gotten a 60, realized that she did know some of the content and some of the mistakes she made were because she wasn't careful.  We just have to find a way to lift students up.  We want them to always feel like they can do anything they put their minds too.  Some students though who constantly fail at things have a hard time thinking they can do anything right after awhile.  As future teachers we need to learn how to use assessments to empower our kids.  That will be a hard thing to do.  Because right now our school systems are full of assessments after assessments.  But there not necessarily the right type of assessments.  I think with some culture change we can bring a new air to the word assessment