Ch. 4 Three Important Types of Assessment

The three types of assessment that Wormeli introduces is (1) portfolios, (2) Rubrics, and (3) Student Self-assessments. Each types of assessing are great tools and techniques to bring fourth in the classroom because every child learns in a different way. I would most likely bring something like a portfolio into my classroom because I’m more hands-on and that could be an interactive task for an English class. They are meant to mirror growth, so we could view how writing progressed from the beginning of the year until current time. Rubrics are more popular because you only have to make one and then photocopy and every student will perform pretty much the same thing. There are two main rubrics used the holistic and the analytical. Wormeli let us know how crucial it is to mix up way of assessing, so our students learn different aspects of each task. I like the concept of not having a 5-tier rubric because of the mind automatically looking at (A, B, C, D, and F) grading. In my classroom, I will try to make a rubric with 3 or 4 tiers and always get my students opinions at the end of an assignment. This is where self-assessment comes into place, it initiates where help is needed and what goals the students want to accomplish throughout the year. Because, I’m sure I will have a differentiated classroom at some point, I must learn how to accommodate for all; Wormeli turned my light-bulb on and helped the thinking process be on its way.