Larrat_Journal+5

This assessment is similar to assessment 4. It is based on the readings that are handed out every week. Rather than comprehension focus, it is more language based. The students are given a sheet with 16 questions on it. The questions are to be completed throughout the week. There is a row for Monday’s questions about the reading, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and so on. The students are given questions to answer each morning. The questions are not based on the reading as a whole, but language structures, vocabulary, phonics etc. Like the last assessment, the grading rubric is on a scale of 1-5. The rubric is based on print, sound and code. 5 exceeds the expectations, with 15/16 questions correct. A 4 is proficient, meaning the student gets 12-14 out of 16 correct. A 3 is approaching, meaning the student got 10-11 out of 16 correct. A 2 means developing getting 8-9 out of 16 correct. A 1 means beginning, getting less than 8 questions correct. I think this is an effective way to assess a lot of the other assignments but maybe not so much this assignment. After looking at the questions, there are a whole variety of different questions and this rubric doesn’t look at the type of question the students are getting wrong. It should assess each type of question in order to see where the student is excelling or struggling. This rubric just puts a number on the whole assignment without focusing on the questions. It is nice that it follows along with a lot of the other rubrics with the 1-5 scale but it would be more informational if it analyzed the question types.