Standard #6: Assessment.
The teacher understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making.
One of the hardest things for music educators to do well is assessment, however this is hugely important going into the future of music education that teachers find ways to formally assess students so they can make the class seem practical on the eyes of school boards. But as a teacher, music educators need to be able to assess their students in two very different ways. The first way they need to be able to assess their students is through an informal assessment. Music educators need to informally be able to assess where the class is at. This can be doe easily and can be done as a part of class. The other is the one music educators struggle with, formal assessment. Formal assessment is needed to be able to accurately give students a grade on their ability to play their instruments.
Currently I am in enrolled In a music education class that stresses the importance of assessment in music. I have also created and taught a class a lesson plan that uses assessment to judge the retention of students’ knowledge of a lesson. I have also been taught new ways for technology to be a factor when giving students a formal assessment and I hope that when I become a teacher I am able to take time to give students playing tests on computers and grade them outside of class time like an English teacher would grade papers outside of class.
Practice makes perfect, and throughout my time here at Ball State I will have many opportunities to work with classes and give formative and summative assessments to the students I am working with. I also hope when I student teach that I will be able to use assessment not only to see how my class is doing but to see if I am doing a good job in teaching that class. I will continue to take classes that will enrich my knowledge of music and teach me more ways to assess my students.
Currently I am in enrolled In a music education class that stresses the importance of assessment in music. I have also created and taught a class a lesson plan that uses assessment to judge the retention of students’ knowledge of a lesson. I have also been taught new ways for technology to be a factor when giving students a formal assessment and I hope that when I become a teacher I am able to take time to give students playing tests on computers and grade them outside of class time like an English teacher would grade papers outside of class.
Practice makes perfect, and throughout my time here at Ball State I will have many opportunities to work with classes and give formative and summative assessments to the students I am working with. I also hope when I student teach that I will be able to use assessment not only to see how my class is doing but to see if I am doing a good job in teaching that class. I will continue to take classes that will enrich my knowledge of music and teach me more ways to assess my students.