Orzolek Article

I believe that I have connected more with Orzolek than I have with Brophy. It is not that I am completely against assessment, but I tend to agree more with Orzolek's views. I think that assessment has in a way taken on different meanings for different people. There are so many different ways of assessment, that I feel it is hard for educators to decide which one to use. As I had said in a previous post, I am not all in favor for assessment/standardized testing. I feel the same way that Orzolek feels on that matter, and that is that we are testing students on content to determine whether schools and educators are doing their job. Not only that but these test ARE normally created by people who aren't familiar with the needs of those particular students. A similarity I have found is when Orzolek was discussing rubrics. There are plenty of examples in Brophy on how to assess the students through a rubric, and I am okay with that. I feel that it can help the student grow and improve if we assess them by rubrics every couple of months. To end my blog I wold like to quote Orzolek. "Assessment should be about what students have learned and not what has been taught to them."