Engaging Students in the Assessment Process

There are several ways to have students participate in the assessment process. Students can help you come up with a rubric for a particular project. Students can give themselves their own grade based on a rubric. After a test has been graded, students can go back and find the correct answer in their text (language arts) re-work the problem (math). Students can work with a partner and do peer conferencing with discuss ways they can meet the goals on a rubric. Students can work in a study group to evaluate a piece of work. Using identification numbers, students can evaluate their peer's work based on a rubric. Work can be checked whole group with students checking and grading their own work. Students can help you come up with pertinent test questions.