5.+Paper-and-Pencil+Assessment

5. Paper-and-Pencil Assessment   In Georgia, each lesson is accompanied by an Essential Question. This question serves to guide the lesson planning and presentation, and is important for guiding student learning. Dr. Stiggins (n.d.) utilizes a Proposition Statement to guide assessment, and this concept is similar to that of the Essential Question. Accompanying the interdisciplinary unit about Benjamin Franklin, this following proposition statement will be used to guide assessment. **Area of Curriculum:** Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was an author, inventor, and statesman responsible for many important contributions to American life. ||
 * ====//Proposition// ====
 * ====//True True/False Item:// A true true/false item is the proposition itself or part of the proposition. ====

Benjamin Franklin was responsible for many important contributions to American life.
|| Benjamin Franklin was an author and statesman, but not an inventor. || Benjamin Franklin was a statesman, author, and ______________________________. || Benjamin Franklin was NOT: a) An author b) An inventor c) A statesman d) A king || Discuss one of Benjamin Franklin’s important contributions as an author, statesman, or inventor. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">False True/False Item: //A false true/false item is the proposition or part of the proposition, in which part of the proposition is false.//
 * =====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Short Answer or Fill-in-the-Blank Item =====
 * =====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Multiple-Choice Item =====
 * ======<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">//Essay Item// ======

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Utilizing paper-and-pencil assessments is something that occurs in many classrooms across the country; however, in my classroom traditional pencil-and-paper assessment are not used frequently. A low literacy level within the student population in my room requires a predominant use of alternative assessment methods. Paper-and-pencil assessments can be incorporated in interesting ways, and Dr. Stiggins (n.d.) suggests that these assessments can be used to involve students in the lesson and inform students of the learning expectations. Creating proposition statements and displaying them throughout the lesson and assessments will benefit my students when they are working on writing, and will serve as a reminder of the lesson goal.