Standard+8

**Teachers know how to test for student progress. ** The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.
 * Standard 8 **

 Student Wiki Project Example
 * Evidence 8: **
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 * Rationale 8: **

Last year, I began using wiki pages with my students for different purposes such as giving them information and having them share information. At first, we just went through the process of learning how to creater, manage, and use wiki pages to post short assignments. As using wikis progressed, they became a tool of assessment in my classroom. As an method of assessment, wikis are particularly useful because they can be modified as needed and accessed anywhere, at school or home. Not only are wikis a way for students to show what they have learned and what they inderstand, but they are a way of sharing information with peers while developing technology and media skills.

Students this year were given the option of using a wiki page for their branches of government projects. The wikis in Evidence 8 are examples of wikis from the Executive branch unit. Students chose areas of the branch to research and present. They designed their wikis on their own to show the information they found on their topics. I could then assess what they learned and understood, as well as where they were at with technology and media skills. Overall, students enjoy using wikis to share information.

This type of assessment has been very valuable to me as an instructor. Through the process of teaching students how to use wikis and assessing them, I have also learned a great deal more about wikis and how to use them. I’ve gotten good ideas from students and their wikis, and I’m continuing to learn.


 * KSD **


 * 8.K.2 The teacher knows how to select, construct, and use assessment strategies and instruments appropriate to the learning outcomes being evaluated and to other diagnostic purposes. **

Using wikis have successfully helped me evaluate student understanding and progress in my classroom.


 * 8.S.1 The teacher appropriately uses a variety of formal and informal assessment techniques (e,g, observation, portfolios of student work, teacher-made tests, performance tasks, projects, students self-assessments, peer assessment, and standardized tests) to enhance her or his knowledge of learners, evaluate students’ progress and performances, and modify teaching and learning strategies. **

Wikis can be formal or informal for assessment, depending on how they are used and viewed. The wikis created by my students have been used for both types of assessment. The examples for Evidence 8 were used for formal assessment of knowledge gained.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8.D.2 The teacher is committed to using assessment to identify student strengths and promote student growth rather than to deny students access to learning opportunities. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wikis allow students to be creative and design the appearance and layout of their pages. Using wikis promotes student strengths in technology, writing, designing, and several other areas. They also offer choice and individualization.