Shoreline has a new assessment for grades k-6 in reading and math. EasyCBM was introduced to staff at Meridian park this morning at our admin. meeting. One of the presenters made the comment that curriculum is the tool used to teach not the topic. The topic being taught should be the washington state standards. This was said to answer the concern, that some teachers may be using different curriculums to teach their students and what if their curriculum didn't align with the test? Though the assessment had many other properties, as well as measuring NCTM focal points in math with benchmarks, low cost for students, and short in duration this idea of what curriculum is compared to what is being taught really resonated with me.
This difference of curriculum and standards should be at the focus of most assessments in my mind. My assessment may differ if I want to know how a student learns (curriculum, how topics are taught)than what they have or have not learned(standards). It seems between DIBELS, WASL, EasyCBM and many other assessments that create, at times, an overwhelming amount of data it will be important for me as a teacher to remember what the assessment was for to know what to do with the data in the end. Question to ask myself: How does this information help my student(s) and I learn better?
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