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**Standard 8** ** Teachers know how to test for student progress. ** The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.

Evidence 1: Instruments from Action Research (EDT 656)

Rationale 1: The instruments used for the Action Research project used both formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate students progress while using the Netbooks. The surveys displayed whether or not the students could explain to their parents the websites we were using in science class. The post test was representative of a formal assessment to see if students were able to apply the knowledge of the chapter. The last informal assessment that was used was an observation chart that showed whether or not students were engaged or disengaged. All of these instruments helped me to determine the continued growth of the students intellectual development.

KSD //I developed these assessment tools to determine whether or not the students performance was effected by the integration of the Netbooks in science.//
 * 8.K.2 The teacher knows how to select, construct, and use assessment strategies and instruments appropriate to the learning outcomes being evaluated and to other diagnostic purposes.**

//The surveys reported back to me how the parents felt about the Netbook program by answering the question - was it increasing and supporting their child’s learning.//
 * 8.S.2 The teacher solicits and uses information about students’ experiences, learning behavior, needs, and progress from parents, colleagues, and the students themselves.**

//The instruments were all different means of assessing students performance and receiving feedback from the parents. This helped me change and continue to monitor the students to see if the technology was helping or hindering their successes academically.//
 * 8.D.1 The teacher values ongoing assessment as essential to the instructional process and recognizes that any different assessment strategies, accurately and systematically used, are necessary f or monitoring and promoting student learning.**