Philosophy Statement

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My Philosophy of assessment proves that I learned about assessment because it states my belief about assessment. I believe that assessment in the classroom should be useful, therefore it must serve a purpose, whether that is to check to see where the students are at in instruction or to assess if the way I am teaching is working well. I also believe that lessons should have hinge point questions, that is questions in the middle of a lesson that assess whether or not the class is ready to move on or need to go back and learn the information a more useful way. Thirdly, I believe that a grade is assigned based on student knowledge and understanding, while assessment is not the only way to assign scores, I believe it should play a prominent role.