What Do They Know?

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One thing I know for sure in teaching is that you have to use formative assessment to see where your students are and what areas they are struggling in. If you just give the students summative assessments they won't have a chance to improve. My cooperating teacher uses many innovative assessment tools in her classroom. One of my favorite assessment tools is Kahoot. On Kahoot.it you can create quizzes that the students can answer using their chromebooks or whatever computer system they have in the classroom. The system is similar to a polling system and will show when all students have answered, and also show how the students have answered but not connect the responses to a name. However, as a teacher, the program gives you detailed reports on how your students answer and what areas you may need to work on with your students still. My teacher has used Kahoot.it in all different subjects from math to social studies and the students truly enjoy it because it feels like a game and not an assessment. 

You can find this assessment tool on: https://getkahoot.com/
...and it's FREE!