6.6 Reflection

Which kind of assessment was most difficult to create? Why?  Which one was most easy?  Why?  What was something that surprised you about creating assessments?

 So far, I think that the selected response assessment might be the most difficult to make, because most of my ELA lessons are based off of discussions or readings, with group activities or projects. A few things I could do with selected response assessments would be vocabulary and checks for understanding of readings, but if I am being honest I think that written responses could be an even better form of assessment for these things. 

 For this reason, I think that the written response assessments will be easiest to make, because they align best with my content area, and activities that I want to implement in my lesson plans. I also like to hear students own voices and descriptions, and like to hear their own explanations. I was surprised to see all the different options of assessments there were, I really enjoyed learning more about the wide variety of the different types of assessments. 

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