tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720205897177199020.post4749781786945917488..comments2023-07-05T04:05:15.085-07:00Comments on Math Coach on Demand: Why the Missing 'R' in Rubrics?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720205897177199020.post-75545244536664008402010-02-28T07:17:05.410-08:002010-02-28T07:17:05.410-08:00Good point Iain. I wonder/worry about what happens...Good point Iain. I wonder/worry about what happens next when a student shows no evidence on a performance task or any other classroom activity ... what immediate things do we do in response? Do we give that student another opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge/skills in another way, just in case it was the task that was the stumbling block? Do we begin remediation right away, maybe going back a step or two in the curriculum to fill in the gaps re-teaching concepts that might have been missed? (Or are we waiting for the I.E.P. to do this?) Do we then repeat the original task to see if the child can now perform the required knowledge and skills? And what then do we do with our original data describing the student's performance on the knowledge and skills being evaluated? Too many teachers are still 'averaging' leaving us with a very incomplete picture of what our students can and cannot do, not to mention giving an incomplete picture of what we as educators CAN DO to improve student success.Joannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720205897177199020.post-10801394466000295282010-02-14T13:16:59.320-08:002010-02-14T13:16:59.320-08:00This whole argument comes down to the question of ...This whole argument comes down to the question of whether we are assessing or evaluating. We assess, teach, assess, teach, assess again. At the end of a period dictated by the Ministry, we evaluate and put a mark or grade on a report card. For me this is the only place that an R should appear anywhere near a kid's work. In other words, having failed all humanly possible methods of teaching, the child still does not meet any of the established criteria of the expectations, we mark the report with an R.<br />I like assessing. I observe, conference, rubric-ize, mark, cajole, discuss student work. I really dislike evaluating - it's so final - and it feels so much like I am putting my value on it. Ugh.Iainhttp://web.me.com/iainbro/Sharing/Welcome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com