AboutPatricia Ireland-Williams Expertise I am a retired K-12 Public School Principal (8 years as a teacher and counselor) and 23 years as an administrator. I can help parents with questions about how the system works, provide ideas on how to solve school issues or assist teachers in coping with the plethera of stressors they face.
Experience I am currently an educational consultant and have served on the State of Arizona Solutions Team.
Question Dear Patrica Ireland Williams, Hie! I teach French to the 15 and above age-group. You have been a great help to me in the past and hence I'm requesting your help again.
(1)Could you please give me some ideas of qualitative methods of assessment? How will they help me to indicate performance and review progress?
(2)Also, please give me some ideas of quantitative methods of assessment. How will they help me to indicate performance and review progress?
Many thanks
Answer Quantifying assessments simply give you consistent measures over time...........many of these are teacher made, although good texts usually include them. Examples are weekly quizzes, essays, drill and practice etc...........the advantage is for the student and teacher to determine what is being learned (or not) in order to build knowledge to the next step. This is good for both parties so the student can know what he/she needs to work on and for the teacher so he/she can adjust their teaching
Qualitative assessments are more comprehensive in content and show the "big picture". Examples would be unit exams,
standardized tests, etc. The advantage is that these are often measures that allow the student and teacher to determine overall progress.
