Monday, April 20, 2009

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Discuss the idea of assessment of instruction versus assessment for instruction. What's the difference? Why should we use it?

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  1. Assessment for instruction happens before actual instruction begins and is a way of seeing what level students are starting at. It is a guide for teachers to use so that teachers will know what skills need to be taught and how these skills should be taught. Assessment for instruction should be used in planning lessons as well as the students' interests. Assessment of instruction is used to monitor the effectiveness of instructional techniques and textbooks; it is used after a set amount of instruction has occurred and should continue throughout the school year. The results should be used to change instructional techniques, texts, and curriculum if needed. If used properly, assessment for instruction and assessment of instruction should keep working in a continuous cycle.

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  2. Assessment of instruction is actually assessing the content and the way that things have already been taught. Assessment of instruction focuses on how you are teaching the students and the methods you are using in order for your students to retain and gain new information. Assessment for instruction tells us where are students are and allows us to set goals in order for our students to be successful. Assessment for instruction also tells us where our students “starting points” are and allows us to build our instruction accordingly. In the classroom, it is important to use both assessment for instruction and assessment of instruction to make sure that the students’ and teachers success rates are high.

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  3. Assessment of instruction is assessing what has been taught. Assessment for instruction is assessing for what should or needs to be taught. We should use both of these testing methods so that we understand what the students need to know so that we can better educate the students. If this kind of assessment is not done students may not benefit from instruction and will never truly understand what is going on in the classroom.

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  4. Assessment is continuing with the development of instruction for the purpose of students’ learning. It facilitates education by evaluating and appraising instruction. To be honest, I don’t see much difference between the two. Assessment OF instruction is used to inform instructors about their students’ abilities and is used to gather information so that instruction is strengthened for a particular child. Assessment FOR instruction is interpreting information about how well each student performs and adjusting the program and organizing it to improve the students’ performance. There may be minor differences, but on the whole, I don’t believe you can separate the two. We need to use them in tandem to give the best education we can to our students.

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  5. Assessment of instruction is actually assessing what has been taught. Assessment for instruction determines where the students are at and what needs to be taught. Assessment for instruction assesses what needs and should be taught to your students. Teachers should definitely use both of these methods. By doing both methods of assessments teacher are able to determine the best type of instruction and what needs to be taught. It is important for the teachers to use both so our students can receive the best and most effective instruction.

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  6. Assessment of instruction is assessment to see if the student’s have learned the material that was being taught in class. This monitors the student’s progress and is used for their grades. Assessment for instruction is to see what the students already know so that instruction can build on their prior knowledge and continue into new information. Assessment for instruction can also look at the way that students learn so that instruction can be modified to meet their individual needs. Both assessments are necessary to have quality instruction in the classroom. It is important to ensure that students are learning from the methods being used to teach material and so that they have enough prior knowledge to understand topics before they are taught.

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  7. Assessment of instruction is wherea teacher gives a test/quiz of the material that was taught. Its what was learned and how well the students understood the material. Example would be giving a test of chapter 4 in a history book. The material and chapter has already been covered, at the end they take a test over that material. Where as assessment for instruction is where a test is given before the material is taught. This helps see what the students already knows about a subject and helps the teacher prepare material to teach.

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  8. Assessment of instruction is the assessing of students to verify that they are absorbing the information that they are being given through instruction. We see this type of assessment in instructional assessment and RTI. Assessment for instruction is an assessment to gain knowledge on the student’s ability in order to accommodate the student at the level they are working at. We may see this in a PIAT-R or a Woodcock. The purpose is to effectively educate the student. So, one assesses to see where to begin and the other assesses to see if the instruction is effective. Should we use it? Yes. We need to know where to begin a student in order to create, use, and strategize an effective educational experience for the student. The bottom line is to effectively educate the student.

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  9. Those two things are closely related. Assessment for instruction should be done before instruction in preparing what is going to be taught. Assessment of instruction is done after instruction and assesses the knowledge gain and comprehended because of instruction. We should use both types to help guide instruction but we should not use one with out the other. They kind of act like a checks and balance for what we do in the classroom. They also help us decide what needs to take place and what might need to change.

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  10. Assessment of instruction is done after you taught the lesson to see how effective your instruction was. Assessment for instruction is done on the material that you plan to teach. This should be done to ensure the material is actually what you need to teach. Both are important in different ways.

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  11. Assessment for instruction is assessing what is to be taught depending on what your students need and if what you are going to teach will be effective. Assessment of instruction is what you do after you teach. Were your students able to learn based on what and how you taught. Both assessment of instruction and for instruction should be used in the classroom. We need to make sure that we are appropriately teaching what needs to be taught to our students based on their level, their abilities and needs,as well as,assessing if they learned and what and how we taught was successful.

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  12. Assessment of instruction is the assessment of what has been taught. It is a look at what has been given to the students in you class. Assessment for instruction is a look at what should be taught. Or what the state wants to push for. I think that this is the movement for standardized tests. I think that these are both very good ideas but that they can and have been manipulated into something that hinders teachers and pits faculty against administration.

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  13. Assessment of instruction is used to measure how effective you presented the lesson or concept. Did you teach it in a way that was easy to understand and comprehend? If not, you need to evaluate your method of teaching, make changes to the lesson, and re-teach it. After re-teaching the lesson give the evaluation again to see if the student scores are higher.
    Assessment for instruction is used as a pre-test type measure. What do your students know and what do they need to work on? Both questions are something to ask yourself after assessing for instruction. You have to have some type of guideline to go by when planning lessons. Other than the mandated curriculum, you need to have a plan that is specific to your group of students.
    To keep these two concepts straight just remember: FOR means (planning FOR instruction) OF means (A test OF what was taught).

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  14. Assessment for instruction helps determine what you teach, and assessment of instruction tells you how well you instructed. Assessment for instruction can be helpful in that you don't teach material already learned and you can use that time on material not already learned. Assessment of instructions in the end tells you how well your students "got it". You then can use this information to help guide future instruction. Both are necessary.

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  15. Assessment of instruction is paying attention to what works and doesn’t work within the instruction of each lesson or unit. It is important to use this so that you can find the best strategies to help your students master the concept you are teaching. Assessment for instruction is taking the time to pretest students to see what level they are at before instruction. It is important to use this because there is not enough time to guess and check for every lesson or unit. The educator should not waste time reviewing what the students have already mastered. Also, it will give the educator a good idea of what level of the new concept that they should start with when introducing the new concept. These assessments can also help teachers learn what are the best ways to get these new concepts across to their students.

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  16. We should use both all of the time. Assessment for instruction can be done using a pre-test or KWL chart. Providing these pre assessments allows teachers to figure out what students know and aids them in planning instruction accordingly. Most of your students will show varying levels because of the assessment. However, some students may already proficient in the content you are about to teach and other students may not have a clue. Through these pre assessments, you can cater your instruction to meet your different students’ needs by providing enrichment or advanced activities for some and basic for others. Assessment of instruction is your final assessment after instruction has already taken place. This evaluates your teaching and student learning. Also important because it may give you information about topics you may need to cover again or show trends in that some lesson techniques were less effective than others.

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  17. Assessment for instruction is an assessment that is done before instruction. It is used to see what level the students are at and helps the teacher to see what he/she should be teaching. For example, if a test shows that a student cannot add, then the teacher should not start instruction on multiplication. A student will not be able to learn to multiply if they cannot add. Assessment of instruction is assessment done after the teacher has taught certain content. This assessment shows the teacher whether his/her instruction was effective and shows if the students learned the content they should.

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  18. Assessment of instruction is assessing what has and is being taught. This determines whether or not the teaching methods have been effective. Assessment for instruction is testing the students to see where they currently are and what needs to be taught. This allows the teacher to determine what needs to be taught to benefit the students. By implementing both assessments, teachers determine what should be taught and the best method to teach it.

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  19. Assessment of instruction is where the teacher plans the lessons then designs the assessment or choices the proper assessment tool to match the lesson. Another name for assessment of instruction is post test or unit tests. This type of test shows how much the student knows and learned from the lessons that were taught. Assessment of instruction also shows the teacher what needs to be re-taught and if the type of instruction worked for the students. Assessment for instruction is where the teacher designs the assessment tool then plans the lesson that will be taught. Also assessment for instruction can be used as a pretest to identify what the students currently know. Assessment for instruction should be used to test the prior knowledge that the students have. If the teacher has the prior knowledge she/he can build on that knowledge and not bored the students with information they already know.

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