Well every year my grade sevens get the chance to write FSAs. I think I heard one student call them Fully Stupid Assessments. Clever, I know, but I have always been wondering what we can use these for. Our province has really been trying to improve these so that they show thought, creativity, and student choice. It has been very interesting to see students reactions to some of these changes. We just recently did the math problem solving portion, and boy tell you it stumped a lot of kiddos. There wasn't one clear answer. In fact one question gave an empty graph and students had to create their own question for the survey, and then fill in the graph based on THEIR QUESTION, and then ask follow up questions. I thought it was brilliant, but man did it stop some kids in their tracks. Then there were the questions that had them create their own hiking path, based on some numbers they developed, and there were just very few constraints. I loved it; they hated it. My favourite part about it is that now I know where I can focus more in our problem solving. They can do these tasks, but they need more experience with it. That is what assessment is for right?
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