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 * Standard 8**

The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil. 
 * Teachers know how to test for students progress. **
 * Evidence 1: **[[file:Action Research - Pre and Post Assessment Surveys for Student Learning.doc]]


 * Rationale 1: **At the start and conclusion of my action research project, students took a pre-assessment survey and a post-assessment survey via Google Docs. Students involved in my action research project were in my Information Processing class, grades 9-12. Both surveys had the exact same questions to be a true measure of student progress. The surveys included a multitude of questions using the Likert Scale system. For each question/topic, students had to choose whether they had A) no experience, B) below average skill, C) average skill, or D) above average skill. Because the surveys were used as a part of my action research, students took them anonymously. Therefore, I was unable to track student progress individually, but was able to track progress collectively as a class.


 * KSD:

Knowledge: ** 8.K.2 The teacher knows how to select, construct, and use assessment strategies and instruments appropriate to the learning outcomes being evaluated and to other diagnostic purposes.

Using my knowledge of assessment tools available, I chose to create a Google Docs online survey for students to take because they are quick and easy for students to complete. Also, using a Likert Scale for students to rate themselves provided an efficient method of data collection.


 *  Skills: ** 8.S.1 The teacher appropriately uses a variety of formal and informal assessment techniques (e,g, observation, portfolios of student work, teacher-made tests, performance tasks, projects, students self-assessments, peer assessment, and standardized tests) to enhance her or his knowledge of learners, evaluate students’ progress and performances, and modify teaching and learning strategies.

In addition to the pre- and post- assessment surveys, I also collected informal data in the form of student submissions using the technology integrated into the classroom during my action research project.

**Dispositions: **8.D.2 The teacher is committed to using assessment to identify student strengths and promote student growth rather than to deny students access to learning opportunities.

I enjoyed the sheer easy and efficiency of online surveys for data collection and plan to continue to use them at the beginning and end of each semester for students to see how they’ve grown over the course of a particular class.

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