When we observe, assess, and evaluate; we are looking into so many different areas of the child. For instance; the various stages of develpmet, social interaction amongst peers and also their teacher, perception, performance, comprehension, etc. The next process would be if the child is being referred as showing signs of a delay. I do believe all of these areas should be measured; however, not measured based on "general standards", but according to the performance and abilty of each individual child. I feel this way, because each child operates and thinks differently; therefore every chld will not do as well as the next child if one shows signs of being delayed in math but brilliant in writing.
When researching Haiti, I wasn't able tofind much information about the educational aspect in the classroom; however I did find a lot of statistics about 400,000 six to eleven years old are out of school, 38% preschoolers are overaged and 72% being basic age group, as well as the illiteracy rate of thirteen years old and older are 57%. From digging a little deeper, I learned that Haiti does not assess their chldren because "the country suffers from a lack of qualified teachers and inadequate curricula" (2010, Office of The Special Envoy for Haiti)
I really believe that all schools should revisit their guidelines for assessment, because a teacher can not accurately prepare students for testing if they are not allowed to put their 100% inventiveness in it. What I mean, is that the teachers should NOT be mandated to teach per the curriculum, but from experience, sparked interests of the students, and passion. When you release so many controlling chains you tend to have a better outward response, which in this situation would be from the children and their performance levels.
Resources:
2010, Office of The Special Envoy for Haiti
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