EdPsy490ASA: Issues in Traditional and Alternative Student Assessment Dr. Sandy Levin Marty Sierra-Perry • Major Project Stage Two Analysis of Assessment in My Classroom

Major Project Stage One	Major Project Stage One:Revision
American Lit 303: Goals and Objectives	American Lit 303: Syllabus with Standards

In American Literature 303, I have had students respond to a prompt following the opening chapters of their novel, Nothing but the Truth by Avi. The prompt asks the student to take a position about the level of respect that they see at Centennial. They may develop their response through comparison to Harrison High which is the setting of the novel. The purpose of the assessment is to establish a performance benchmark early in the year. They went through a draft review by their peers, revised their papers, and submitted them for scoring by me using the state writing rubric. Since I have been using the rubric since 1983, been on the Writing Validation Team, and been to North Carolina to oversee the scoring by the vendor, I believe that I can apply the rubric reliably, fairly, and accurately. Accomodations are made throughout the drafting process. I work one on one with students who have trouble brainstorming ideas about "respect" or using the ones that we have created as a class. The students' use of editing circles went well;few did not have a paper to share.

In an effort to have my students prepare for the Work Keys section of the Prairie State Exam, they have been journaling articles, dialogues, memos, and personal responses. I am evaluating the journals using a checklist that is more informal. I am doing this because I want them to just write;write without fear. They will select one of their journals to polish for formal evaluation at the end of the unit.

I am accomodating my second language students by giving them more attention and time.

The year has been going well in these classes.

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