Chapter 4: Three Important Types of Assessment

In chapter four of Fair Isn't Always Equal Wormeli explains the three important types of assessment. I found this chapter very useful, even though I had already had background knowledge of these types of assessment. The first type of assessment was portfolios. I aggree with Wormeli when he states "portfolios can be as simple as a folder of collected works for one year or as complex as multi-year, selected and analyzed works from different areas of a student's life." I think that portfolios are a great, organized way to show your best work from the past. For example, I had research projects assigned in high school, and once we were done, some teachers suggested that we compile our research, and the research paper into an organized portfolio so we can later to refer back to this work of ours. The second type of assessment was rubrics. As a student I have always loved rubrics. I always found it so much easier to go about completing an assignment when I have a rubric to follow. Lastly was student self-assessments. I enjoyed self-assessing myself in high school on papers because it allowed for me to be honest to myself on how I completed my work. As a future educator I hope to use these types of assessments in my classroom.