Monday 2/2/14

This past time volunteering I got to watch the teacher administer a test to a student who was falling behind in school. I also read questions to a student who could not read well, therefore had to have help during the test.

The teacher also told me about how she measures students progress. What she does is she has them take a pretest before she teaches the material, then she administers the same test after. This was a really good assessment of how the students learn the information, and it was extremely reliable.

Although this was an effective way of measuring progress, I feel like testing the students beforehand stressed them out more than necessary. One student refused completely to take the test because he couldn't handle not knowing any of the answers. So while this worked for some students, it did not work for all her students.

Overall it was a very interesting day for volunteering. I now know that tests make students more riled up and ready for recess.