Assessment+Right

Students have the right to be assessed via multi-intelligent / multi-literacy based assessments. No longer should students be only assessed with the use of a one dimensional type of assessment.
Assessment is best described as establishing evidence of student understanding. We as teachers, create learning experiences to promote these understandings.

__What this means:__

I. Students will not be tested solely on standardized type test in a “high-stakes” atmosphere. II. Teachers will take into account the multiple facets of understanding and intelligence.

a. [|Six facets of understanding] (Wiggins and McTighe) b. [|Bloom's Taxonomy] c. [|Gardner’s multiple intelligences]

III. Assessment via alternative measures

a. Alternative, Conventional/Traditional, Formative, Multidimensional, Performance-Based, Product/Project, Summative and Authentic.

__Why this is important:__

I. Students will be assessed on understanding of discipline-specific knowledge and processes rather than on literacy. II. Value will be placed in overall effort and not just on the face of the "result-oriented" assessments we are accustomed too.