Title of Experience/Artifact: Fitness Exam Formal Assessment Line Dance Rubric Informal Assessment Rate Yourself Exit Ticket

et Informal Assessment Fitness Survey Pre-Assessment Date Experience Completed: Student Teaching Experience 3rd Quarter Spring 2014 Artifact Description: All four artifacts provided for this standard were created and used throughout my third quarter student teaching experience at Onalaska Middle School, Onalaska WI. The Fitness Exam is a formal assessment, consisting of multiple choice, short answer, and true false questions. The Line Dance Rubric and Rate Yourself Exit Ticket are both examples of informal assessment strategies that were implemented within a 7th grade line dance unit. I have also included a pre-assessment Fitness Survey, used to gain information about my students fitness knowledge and fitness interests. Wisconsin Teacher Standard Alignment: I believe these artifacts align best with Standard Eight: Assessment; Teachers know how to test for student progress. The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual social, and physical development of the pupil. These artifacts align best with this standard because all artifacts included were used to assess my students in various ways. The formative exam tests my students knowledge of the material learned throughout the fitness unit. The Line Dance Rubric was used to assess the students skill level, as they demonstrated their creativity and knowledge of previously learned line dance criteria. The Rate Yourself exit ticket was an assessment useful to myself, as an instructor, as well as my students. I was able to see how comfortable students were with performing during the next class period, and they could see what areas of their project still needed to be enhanced. The pre-assessment provided me insight on my students fitness interests, as well as what knowledge they were already familiar with regarding fitness components, muscles and exercises. All four artifacts assessed different aspects of my students, while providing me with information that helped me plan and coordinate upcoming lessons. UW-Platteville School of Education Knowledge, Skills, Dispositions Alignment: I believe these artifacts align with KSD1.f. Assesses Student Learning; The candidate understands, is committed to and can develop assessments that are clearly stated and congruent with instructional goals. The students are aware of how they are meeting the established standards and are involved in the goal setting process. These artifacts address this KSD because, in their own way, they all target instructional goals and learning outcomes established at the beginning of each unit. In the formal unit exam, directions on how to complete the exam are explained at beginning of the exam. On the informal grading rubric, the grading method is explained to the students so they know their expectations as well as how to obtain the highest point value. All assessments were created off of key points from their given unit. These examples demonstrate my ability to create formal and

informal assessments based on the goals for each unit and, furthermore, assess student learning from each given unit. Secondary KSD alignment include: KSD3.d. Provides Feedback to Students KSD4.b. Maintains Accurate Records What I learned about teaching/learning from this experience: From this experience, I learned that implementing various assessments is very beneficial for multiple reasons. First, using different assessments provides an instructor with different outcomes. For example; implementing different exit tickets provides various information for the instructor. Such information may include what your students learned that day, how they feel about different topics/activities, or what they remember from previous lessons. Second, using various assessment techniques can help a professor plan for upcoming lessons or give them feedback on what needs to be reviewed from previous material. Finally, assessments give an instructor knowledge on how well their students have been retaining information. A formal assessment used at the end of a unit is a great measuring tool for overall measuring how well a given unit went. What I learned about myself as a prospective educator as a result of this experience/artifact: As a prospective educator, Ive learned how important using assessments within all units are. Assessments not only show student progress, but they also reflect the teachers effectiveness as well. This experience has taught me how to be creative in implementing a variety of different assessments within different lessons and units. Ultimately, I want my students to be successful and I want them to learn; therefore, implementing these creative assessments will show the growth of students throughout each unit. The use of formal assessments is a great tool to present to parents and administration that show improvement and growth within students and classes as a whole.