Besich, Lauren
Riley,
C. (2013). The Common Core, aligned assessments and the 21st-century classroom:
Lessons learned from educators. Techniques: Connecting Education &
Careers, 88(8), 24-28. Retrieved
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CA- Common Core Assessments
Summary: Callie
Riley’s article about Common Core and its aligned assessments (PARCC and SBAC)
give students practical opportunities to apply knowledge. The tests differ from existing ones in that
they do not measure students’ abilities to recall information, but on how they
work through a problem and show their answer.
She encourages teachers to create practical experiences for their students, to use open access resources for the assessments to give them directions, and to collaborate with teachers near and far through websites like Creative Commons to share their own, or use Common Core aligned lessons created by other teachers. If teachers apply these suggestions, teachers will find that Common Core reflects what we want to see happen in the classroom in the 21st century.
She encourages teachers to create practical experiences for their students, to use open access resources for the assessments to give them directions, and to collaborate with teachers near and far through websites like Creative Commons to share their own, or use Common Core aligned lessons created by other teachers. If teachers apply these suggestions, teachers will find that Common Core reflects what we want to see happen in the classroom in the 21st century.
Evaluation: I
appreciated Riley’s perspective in this article, as she views Common Core as an
opportunity to improve teaching and learning inside classrooms. Sadly, I quit teaching a year and a half ago
when my son was born, so I was only exposed to CCSS a little bit. In my exploration of them in my SLIS studies,
I feel that there are fewer standards, and the language (compared to the
language used in the Arizona State Standards) is easier for me to
understand. I like what Riley says about
the new assessments focusing not on memory recall, but on problem solving
skills, which I believe my student lacked in the past (and likely due to my
superficial teaching). Problem solving
skills are the skills we use at work, at home, and in our relationships, so it
is natural that those are the skills curriculum standards should strive to build. I’m looking forward to the day our schools
are no longer compartmentalized, but blended learning environments that more
closely mirror our lives in society.
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