Assessment

I'd like to take a quick minute and discuss assessment. Honestly I hadn't really though too much about how often students really just want a grade and work for a grade and how often this can take away from their actual learning. I think Peter Elbow makes a lot of good points in his essay about Ranking, Evaluating, and Liking, however I think at times it's a little optimistic. Yes it would be great to say that we could as teachers avoid ranking and do more liking but often other rules and regulations and expectations of our schools and districts would prevent us from always doing so. I would say that within the capabilities within our classrooms it would be great to try to apply Elbow's methods but as he has said, it won't be easy.