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My third assessment that I observed and critiqued was a math test given to the class. The teacher first hands out rulers to each student and says, “Keep the rulers flat down and on the desk,” so the students do not play with them. Then she says, “Eyes on me!” and she goes over the dimensions of the ruler in inches and centimeters. She makes it clear in her directions that she does not want her students to use the centimeter side of the ruler, and if they do, then the answer will be marked wrong. She also explains how to use the ruler once more by stating, “Make sure that the 0 on the ruler lines up with the end of the line you are measuring.” After explaining to her students how to use the ruler properly, she gives a sample question on the board. She then realizes that some of her students are a little overwhelmed and says, “Take your time because if you don’t, you might make silly mistakes that we don’t want to make.” After my teacher goes over a few essential aspects of the assessment, she reads the instructions to her students and asks them to read along with her. She makes sure to tell each student to put their name and date on the first page of the test. Once the test was given, I was able to look around at the test and see how the students were going about their work. My teacher must have taught her students well because her students were intently working on their test and new a majority of the answers. I noticed how the students were trying to figure out the answers and most of their work was the same. There were five sections of the test that let the students use different reading and writing techniques to figure out the answer. There were questions like 1. A picture of a clock and the students must say what the time is in the blank. 2. Measure the line to the nearest inch. 3. How much money has Dorres saved? (shows pictures of the coins). 4. Write how many dates are on each domino. (shows pictures of dominos with dots on it). 5. Addition problems like: 9 + 4 = I liked this assessment because it let students work with different styles of learning. There is reading, writing, visuals, and hands-on questions in the test. I would not have changed this test a bit. I think it is well written and accommodates to the different learning styles that children could have.