Sophia DeVito

 During week 7 and 8 of dev formal and informal we talked about concepts in measurement and and using data when we are in field. I thought that the excel activity was very informative. I think that is one of the best ways I was taught to get a bunch of data in one place that is easy to understand and be able to build off of. Im no the best at adding everything up and figuring out all the details of the stats so this is something ill defiantly use in my future career to help me. Another reason I love it is because you are able to use this information to see where your students are struggling the most and where there doing the best. Im also able to share this information with the students parents so they have an idea of how their child is doing.  one thing I really though was good to hear was.  You do not need to be a statistician to be a teacher, you do need to understand how standardized tests are constructed and interpreted. I enjoyed watching the videos to better unders...

 For our 6th week of class we were doing our assessment project with our groups. This was a really fun assignment. We were able to see the best tools that are available to teachers to be able to assess students. Making our video was fun and we were able to actually do the assignments that were in our kit and try them on ourselves. This gave us a chance to see it from both the teacher side and the student side. We are also able to let the parents of the child we asses know how they have done and what  they could possible do with them. This also brought me back to my childhood when I had to do this a couple of times. When I was doing it then I obviously didn't understand the point of it but now I know why I needed to do it and why it was important form my teachers to know what i'm best at ad what I may need to work on. I would recommend ERDA which is the assessment plan we used to anyone. I think it is useful tool that can be used foe any student for any reason.