In my kindergarten class, my CT expressed to me that she cannot formally assess the students on a daily bases as she would with older students because most of the activities that the students do, even though they are worksheets, because most of them just allow the students to draw or practice their handwriting or numbers. They only time my CT is able to formally asses the students is when she is getting ready to report grades for report cards. She informed me that the principal, although she is currently head of three schools, goes through each and every one of the students report cards because she likes to know what is going on with the students and how well the teachers are doing in their classrooms. By doing so, my CT take a small group of four students at a time and measures their reading skills by having each student read the “kindergarten words” on a page of the book she provides them with and their math skills by having them count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s up to a expected number. The students know that the formal assessments are what their report cards are based off of but the students do not seem to worry about the outcome which is of course a great thing.
I'm still working on learning how to properly produce formative and summative assessment but its harder for me because I have been working with lower elementary and middle school students and their needs are much different.
Suggestions for successful assessments are highly appreciated!
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