Chapter 6 Formal Group Assessment: Focus on accountability

As I read through the chapter with all the different assessements made me realize that alot of
research has gone into this. I was really appalled at the findings of the NAAL (National Assessment of Adult Literacy in 2003. 11,000,000 adults were considered nonliterate in English, 7,000,000 could not answer simple questions due to cognitive and academic limitations and 4,000,000 could not take test due to language barriers. Scary isn't it? As teachers we are the foundation of the education that children receive. It is up to us to do it. I teach PK Bilingual children and I do my best to expose language and vocabulary both in Spanish and English so that they can be better prepared in Kindergarten. Assessment is a necessity so that we can determine where our students are. I still agree that sometimes it is to much but research shows me why it is done. The different assessments were created for the different areas and it should be helpful in our job.