Blog 2

          Regarding the Growing Success (2010) Document it has impacted my beliefs about assessment by providing me with more information developing a better understanding. My original beliefs were that assessment should be more than just a test to gain an insight of a student's knowledge about a subject. Within the text it supports my thoughts and goes more in-depth as it states that there should be fairness within assessment, and students should be able to demonstrate their learning no matter what their socio-economic status, ethnicity, gender, learning style or learning needs.
           This document has provided me with a better understanding of assessment as and for learning. Assessment as learning helps students to become independent, set goals for themselves, monitor their own progress, and reflect their thinking with the help of the teacher. Assessment of learning Assessment for learning is providing students with descriptive feedback to help guide them to improvement.  Assessment for and as learning has three key process to be effective within the classroom that includes:

1. Establishing where students will go with their learning 
2. Establishing where students are in their learning 
3. Establishing what needs to happen to get students to where they are going with their learning

Something I found interesting reading this document is that the code "R" if found on a report card, represents that students average is below 50%, NOT that they are failing.