Chapter 7

Chapter 7 was about Developing Assessment Instruments. This was a really interesting chapter because I deal with this stuff everyday teaching 4th grade, to the point that it's really annoying. Testing is a big deal in public schools, to parents, and to me as a teacher. I liked the table 7.1 on page 141 that breaks down the  different types of assessments and their given objectives. It was nice to see that they all really do have different purposes, I think these ideas have all been in my brain but I've never seen it on paper like that :) . I liked reading about mastery levels and have always wondered how I could teach for mastery in my classroom better. I liked reading about the different test item criteria, and also table 7.2 which shows types of behavior and related test item types. I feel like this whole chapter would be super useful when creating an assessment with varied item types.