Rationale

Context: These documents were created in the spring of 2007 under the guidance of Dr. Jacobson in CI 3015, Developing and Using Classroom Assessments. I worked with several of my cohorts on these assessment projects.

Impact: Both of these documents can and will be used to assess my future students. Throughout this course we learned how to create assessments that utilize all of the stages of Bloom's Taxonomy.  The assessments are designed to be as fair and equal as possible.  Through strategic questions and placement of answers we were able to create an exam for a North Carolina history lesson that would give a clear picture of our students mastery.   

Indicator 7: Teachers develop and use a variety of formal and alternative assessment strategies as an integral part of instruction and learning appropriate for assessing individual, peer, team, and collaborative skills.

Standard 7 indicator 5, 6, and 7 were met with the authentic assessment assignment. With this assessment I was able to develop multiple learning strategies that address discipline specific content, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. The assessment also was modified to meet the needs of my students. This document also demonstrates my ability to design a formal assessment that is appropriate for students.