NAEP Reflection

I really enjoyed this assignment. I found it so interesting to be able to see so many different student responses to the same problem. I think that it was valuable to be able to see how greatly the thought processes of students can vary, even within the same grade level. I enjoyed picking out specific samples and judging them to determine what score should be given. It was very eye opening to try to assess them based on the rubrics provided. Many of the rubrics were vague or had overlapping ideas for different scores. I think that the rubrics could have been more specific in order to allow for more objective assessment. I think that creating a plan of how to continue student learning after their work on the problems was also quite interesting. We chose three students who had very different abilities and showed different strategies in solving the problem. This caused it to be slightly challenging to create a plan of what to do next for the class as a whole. I think that this was an authentic activity because in our future classrooms our students will always have varying abilities and talents.