INTASC+Standard+8

**INTASC Standard 8**


 * STANDARD:** The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social and physical development of the learner.


 * Specific Category of Standard 8**

INTASC.8.D D: The teacher values ongoing assessment as essential to the instructional process and recognizes that many different assessment strategies, accurately and systematically used, are necessary for monitoring and promoting student learning.

INTASC.8.K P: The teacher maintains useful records of student work and performance and can communicate student progress knowledgeably and responsibly, based on appropriate indicators, to students, parents, and other colleagues.


 * Understanding Sentence**

INTASC standard VIII means that the teacher understands how to properly asses all their students; also, that they are aware of different types of assessments that would best suit certain types of diagnostic output for optimal opportunity of growth.


 * Artifacts**


 * Diagnostic Report--[[file:Diagnostic.report.doc]]
 * Progress Report--[[file:tuoring.progress.report.odt]]


 * Reflect**

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The diagnostic report and progress report artifacts I chose are examples of Standard 8 by demonstrating that as a teacher I am able to properly use assessments on my students, and also create a report that categorizes their learning and growth. The diagnostic report shows that as a teacher I can take all the output from the assessments of my students and logically organize it so that I can see it all at a glance. It is important to have a single spot where you can look and see the child's exact path of learning. This way, you are able to see where they may need the most assistance. The progress report is an important document that clearly states the growth and path of learning of a specific student to be shared with parents or other colleagues. The use of these assessment grants me the ability to see any development and growth by my students. With this knowledge of where my students stand academically I am able to properly teach to them.=====


 * Project**

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I feel that both of these artifacts have taught me the importance of assessments and how to logically organize them for the future and for others to see. With the use of assessments, I can better educate my students, and better educate myself on how to improve certain methods that could better benefit my students’ growth and development throughout their learning. I had originally thought the assessments would just be a lot of unnecessary work for me, but I learned that they can be very beneficial for me as a teacher. Being able to see where students start and end their learning adventure with me can show me where I may need more help. I can see where I may need to reevaluate some teaching methods for future students that may be following similar paths as previous students. Learning from past experiences, can only better me as a teacher, and better my student’s learning experiences in the future.=====