A couple of weeks before the February break, I gave my math students a mini-assessment.
When I create an assessment, I start by devising or finding just the right kind of problems to include.
Once I have the problems I think I want to include, I do each one to make sure it is rigorous enough and lines up exactly with with I am trying to assess - and to see what solving the problem will be like for the students. Then, I put them all together and, voila, I have an assessment.
I print it, do all the problems one more time to create my answer key complete with all the work, then make copies for all the kiddos.
So, a few weeks ago, after the students took the test, I brought all the completed assessments home to correct.
Lo and behold, I did not have the answer key. I had lost it.
What did that mean?
It meant I had to take the test - again - for the second time (which really means it’s probably my third time doing each of these problems)….just to give myself a key from which to correct the tests.
Soooooo, next time you’re feeling overburdened by one of my five-problem mini-assessments, just remember, I’ve already taken it - probably a few times….and, if I don’t hang on to my key, I’ll have to take it again.
Maybe I should just keep the key in the “I Can’t Trust Myself Drawer.”
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