Choosing the Proper Assessment Scenarios
The use of assessments is essential to child development and growth. Assessments should be culturally responsive and developmentally appropriate for students. For effective teaching and learning to occur, assessments must be implemented. Purposefully planned authentic assessments allow students to see modeling firsthand. Purposeful assessments are meaningful, planned assessments that guide instruction (Cobb, 2003). Assessments provide valuable information to educators, such as areas of learning and areas which may need further improvement. Results and data from assessments should be used to drive instruction. The following two scenarios are separate events in which assessments are necessary for the students involved. Please take a moment and read each scenario and propose an assessment that could be utilized for the students involved. Scenario #1 Cason is an 8-year-old boy who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of three. Although Cason is a hea...