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 Pre-Assessment for Differentiation As a K5 Special Education Teacher,  assessments are used throughout the year to gain valuable information regarding what students know. When teaching unit lesson plans, I like to use formative assessments such as Pre-Assessment at the beginning of a lesson. This helps me identify three groups of students; the five students who answered most, including the most difficult, of the Pre-Assessment questions correctly, the 12 students who have some knowledge about the topic as shown in their score, but need to develop higher order thinking skills, and the 5 students who appear to have limited knowledge about the topic. This link is the Pre-Assessment I developed for ELA lesson about nouns. The objective for the lesson was students will be able to identify and use nouns in a sentence. https://quizlet.com/276686502/nouns-pre-assessment-flash-cards/ After I have identified the three types of students by using a the pre-assessment, I am able ...

Teacher Evaluations After watching The Teaching Channel Video on YouTube, the two types of feedback from mentors mentioned in the video include formal observations and informal observations. In the video, the first year teacher received formal observation from a teacher who was an expert in her field. In the video the teacher was given a formal observation in three stages. This type of observation makes evaluation a little less intimidating since there is a pre observation, observation, and a post observation. So the teacher gets observed in the beginning , the teacher then receives feedback from that initial classroom sit in, then finally the teacher received feedback at the end to see what improvements were made based on the observation. The video also explained how meeting with the evaluator before the actual lesson was helpful. Meeting face to face with the evaluator builds rapport, as well as provides valuable information about the class. The video explained that evaluations...

High Stakes Assessments A high-stakes test is a test used to make important decisions about students, educators, schools, or district’s for the purpose of accountability to ensure that students are being taught by effective teachers. Test scores can help school districts determine sanctions, penalties, funding reductions, negative publicity, awards, public celebration, positive publicity, grade promotion, graduation for students, salary increases, or bonuses for administration and teachers. High Stakes assessments are considered “High stakes” because they can determine whether a student advances to the next grade level or graduates. In California when I was in high school, and still currently in effect, it is mandatory for all high school students to pass a statewide government exam in order to graduate. I currently teach K5 Special Education at Tolenas Elementary in California. This school has statewide assessments that evaluate students based off test scores. The school year begi...