This is a fairly significant report from Steven and fits in nicely with Dana’s question asked just a few hours ago. My thinking is that we don’t need to be doing ANY kind of summative assessment in our field, given the nature of how languages work.
Steve’s report:
Hi Ben,
Today I initiated a chat with my principal about assessment. He said “we shouldn’t do summative assessment. We should only be doing formative. ” He said that assessment should be integrated into instruction and that I already do it according to his observations. Wow!
He did mention common formative assessment as per the district. He said that he will filter that down to once per grading term as a talking point for department meetings. The department will figure it out. He gave an example that it could be an exit ticket like writing one sentence. Then he said, now you can talk to your department as to how your students are writing with ease.
I’m in a very good place right now but I will not spoil what’s on the horizon until next email.
Steven