Student Growth and Knowledge

 

     Over the school year I was able to assess student growth through a variety of methods and acitivites.  I will talk about some of these methods in my NCSS and INSTAC sections.  However, there were two main assignments I did this year in which I was able to assess student growth and knowledge.  In the Fall I interviewed two high school students back home for a couple of hours to assess their prior knowledge. I then completed a prior knowledge interview paper in which I discussed my findings from the interview.  The link to the paper is below.  

 

 

 

 

    In the Spring I completed a SMART Goal assignment in which I had to develop three similar writing assignments to assess student growth over a six week period.  I decided to give my highest level class three one to two paragraph persuvaive essay assignments.  On the first two essays student scores were about the same; however, on the third essay most student scores dramtically improved.  I also did a micro analysis on two students in that class.  One of those students made progress, while another student struggled to improve.  At the end I met only one of my three SMART Goals; however, according to the VDOE I still had an exemplary rating.  This assignment was benefitical to students in helping them become better writers.  I also learned it takes a full year to implement a SMART Goal effectively, and I still have room for in improvement in desigining SMART Goals.  I go into more detail on my SMART Goal in my paper and powerpoint presentation below.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smart Goal Presentation