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CRITICAL REFLECTION

Assessment

Given what you’ve read so far in this chapter, list an occasion where you experienced evaluation and an
occasion where you experienced assessment. What was the biggest difference between the two experiences?
How did each experience make you feel?

It wasn’t me, but it reminded me of how evaluation can feel: my whole family went
to an amusement park last summer and my niece, Roseal, was really excited
about finally being old enough to hang with her older cousins. We waited in
line for like an hour to ride the new coaster but when we got up there, there
was this sign with a big ruler next to it,“You must beTHIS tall to ride this
ride.”Roseal stood as tall as she could but was still like an inch under
the line. She was so embarrassed and disappointed. Evaluation
doesn’t make you feel like that all the time but sometimes, yeah. It’s
being judged. My performance on the field gets assessed regularly
by our soccer coach; he’s great about telling you what you’re doing well
and when he gives you things to work on (improvements), he always
has a plan for how you can do the work. My coach in middle school
was like that too, so being assessed makes you feel like they’re on your
side and WANT you to get better and succeed. I think that’s the biggest
difference for me, between evaluation and assessment...assessment
makes you feel like someone’s helping you get there.

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