The teacher in the video “Performance Assessment: Student Presentations in a High School English Class” used students opinions on how she was going to grade the students work. The students decided what key parts of the project they should be graded on. The students made up the parts of the rubric. They also used rubrics themselves to grade their peers. The assignment the students had to do was to pick an influential author and present it in a creative way to the class. The way this teacher created her grading system for this project can be done in different subjects and grades. I felt that this assessment format allowed students to show what they have an interest in, but to also know it’s for a grade. The students seemed to enjoy the peer interaction and having an opinion not only in the project, but also the grading aspect.
This form of assessment can certainly be used in lower grades; however, I believe they would need some more guidance. I think having a mini lesson on teaching the children how to assess and the meaning behind it would be a good opener for them to create what they want to be graded on. I have seen in third grade students peer review each other’s writing with some guidance from the teacher. The key part for the younger grades would be to have the guidance.
I think it is important for students to peer review or assess each other’s work. It gives them the chance to understand what they are being graded on by grading someone else’s work. Many forms of assessment could have been done for this English classroom. The students could have written a research paper on the author. They could have designed a different style project for the assignment, for example acting out a part from one of the author’s works. The teacher could have also simply made up her own rubric without having input from the students. I believe it is important for the students to have an interest in the grading way, because they may show a higher interest in completing the assignment.
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