You Be the Judge!

Assessments are necessary to measure understanding. Thankfully, they don't have to come in the form multiple choice questions and ScanTron sheets very often. Students enjoy projects that are reality-based. It's all the craze on TV these days, and it's working in our classrooms too. Students are engaged in learning with the challenge of authentic assessments. The challenge of authentic assessment also belongs to the teacher. Authentic assessments are time-intensive and require scoring guides or rubrics. The beauty of the rubric is, the students have a tool that allows them to evaluate their own work. Sorry Randy, Paula and Simon – you aren't needed in the classroom. A student can be his own judge.


Responsibility for
Understanding
Begins with the student when given
Real-world assessments and
Indicators that are
Crystal-clear