Respond to the following in your workshop journal:
Make a list of the assessment instruments you typically use
to track student progress. Choose one and analyze its usefulness
to you and students. What can it show you and them about their
growth as learners? Are there ways you might revise it or
rethink its use to make it even more effective?
Make a list of the formal evaluation tools you typically
use. Choose one and analyze what students need to know and
be able to do in order to be successful. Evaluate how well
the tool is tied to your existing curriculum and instruction.
Think about what you might wish to do to make it a more effective
In preparation for Workshop 8, read the introductory segment
of "Strategies for Teaching" in Envisioning Literature
from the Teachers College Press, Copyright 1995. ISBN 0-8077-3464-0.
In addition, participants may wish to read the abstract of
Judith Langer's article "Excellence in English in Middle
and High School: How Teachers' Professional Lives Support
Student Achievement" available online.
For additional resources, refer to the Additional
Reading section of this workshop's materials.