Chapter 1:Assessment of Reading:The Context

In reading this chapter I can relate to assessing of students. The four teachers all had one thing in common assessments. Teaching reading is a difficult process and some students have a harder time than others in learning to read. I do understand the concept of assessing but sometimes it feels that there is to much of it being done. As TAKS approaches the students are tested, assessed, tested, assessed and in my opinion TAKS comes and the students are burned out. (And including the teachers) Some teachers are frustrated because they are teaching strategies for passing the TAKS and it seems it is all the time. This has taken a propriety over teaching and students are cheated out it. Teachers are expected to be on top of things with TAKS and there is not much room for other things. But in all they are expected to test and assessed to see where the students are. In my opinion, when they do all that assessing what happens then. More assessing and reteaching the same strategies to get them to pass the TAKS. Yes teachers need to know where their students are so they can help them succeed but there must be another way.