This is just a quick note. Currently, I am assessing student growth through multiple measures. One of the measures is retention on vocabulary they haven't heard of before. The first two chapters, I gave each student a piece of paper with a pre and a post test on it. They did the pre-test first, then take the post-test later. I scan over the pre-test to see which words students knew already. Afterwards, I use this for my planning. After the chapter they take the post assessment that counts as a quiz grade. After an hour or two of grading I then need to input my data to make some calculations.
For chapter 3, I tried something differently. I made a google form that has a list of the vocabulary, when students answer the form, they get an immediate score...no more grading for me! Instead, I can focus that hour on analyzing the data, seeing common answers, mistakes, and recording growth. This is a prime example of how we can use technology to improve our lessons...
What if you don't have a class set of computers or tablets? Well you can have 4 or 5 devices and do station work and one of the stations could be to take the vocabulary assessment.
To make a google form, you go to your google drive and select to make a new form. After that the directions are very straight forward.
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