Letter Recognition Assessment
After analyzing the theories from this course, as well as the article by Paris and Hoffman (2004) I have come to the conclusion that the practice I observed is not the best form of assessment that can be used for letter-recognition in Kindergarten. I have come up with some different ways to implement the literary practice of letter-recognition assessment within the kindergarten classroom, that I could use in the future that allow for assessment within familiar classroom contexts, and that could be varied for all students to succeed. I will explain some ideas of assessment techniques by commenting on some of the centers that I saw in my placement and thinking of ways that I could implement letter-recognition at them. This way it accounts
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I could also ask them to make a specific letter of my choice if I haven’t assessed specific letters yet. It is important to note that I may not be able to assess every letter for every child in one day, but by using a checklist, and anecdotal notes I could keep track of the letters I have assessed and which ones I still need to prompt. Assessing students in this way would allow the kinesthetic learners to continue to build using their strengths, while I assess them in a meaningful way to …show more content…
After analyzing theories from this course and the article on reading assessment I conclude that the KPLA letter-recognition assessment is not an effective tool for assessment (Bainbridge & Heydon, 2017; Paris & Hoffman, 2004). I think the main issue I’ve found through my research is that administrators are the ones who benefit from using commercial tests such as this one, whereas students, teachers, and parents benefit from teacher-designed forms of assessment. Also, assessments that are administered to individual children, in the same way, outside of the context of their usual day are not effective. Assessments need to be differentiated for each individual learner, and allow for all students to succeed by integrating it into the classroom context, in a way that is meaningful to them. Although these assessment may be required by administrators other assessments should be used as well, and I think that after completing other forms of assessment the results could be transferred to the checklists that go along with the commercial assessment like the
I could also ask them to make a specific letter of my choice if I haven’t assessed specific letters yet. It is important to note that I may not be able to assess every letter for every child in one day, but by using a checklist, and anecdotal notes I could keep track of the letters I have assessed and which ones I still need to prompt. Assessing students in this way would allow the kinesthetic learners to continue to build using their strengths, while I assess them in a meaningful way to …show more content…
After analyzing theories from this course and the article on reading assessment I conclude that the KPLA letter-recognition assessment is not an effective tool for assessment (Bainbridge & Heydon, 2017; Paris & Hoffman, 2004). I think the main issue I’ve found through my research is that administrators are the ones who benefit from using commercial tests such as this one, whereas students, teachers, and parents benefit from teacher-designed forms of assessment. Also, assessments that are administered to individual children, in the same way, outside of the context of their usual day are not effective. Assessments need to be differentiated for each individual learner, and allow for all students to succeed by integrating it into the classroom context, in a way that is meaningful to them. Although these assessment may be required by administrators other assessments should be used as well, and I think that after completing other forms of assessment the results could be transferred to the checklists that go along with the commercial assessment like the