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Twelve Accomplished Practices

The Twelve Accomplished Practices:
Assessment:
Effective teachers use assessment for evaluating students' progress in learning and for planning the implementation of curriculum for needed skill building that will lead to academic, self and social growth. During this matriculation I have learned that comprehensive assessment does not just document students' ability to answer questions to an acceptable degree, it is an educator's responsibility to examine their students' reasoning and problem-solving techniques by using the data collected from assessments created to promote and routinely monitor the mastery of each skill.
The use of formal tests, performance evaluations and informal assessments of students' contributions to lessons and work assignments during any given time period aids in creating components that are aligned with the curriculum goals, and enable the educator to integrate with its content the instructional methods and learning activities that will be designed for each individual learner and their attributes as well as their disabilities in the classroom. These types of assessments lead to the required data of evaluation of whether intended outcomes have actually been achieved or not.
The courses I completed have included the essential strategies for understanding behavior problems and how to develop solutions for aiding students to remain on task. Upon completion of research and through the required courses I learned that not all students learn in the same manner nor do they all work well individually due to such issues as low reading levels, poor writing skills, learning disabilities, physical or mental disabilities and many other types of problems faced by students in today's society.
Bearing this information in mind an educator should develop various approaches for accomplishing accurate assessments for effective scaffolding that can be used in students' present but in their educational future. By incorporating assessments that...