Prompt #5: Reflect on your use of assessment  in the classroom. On a scale of 1-10, ten being highest, how would you rate yourself. What are your plans for becoming a "10" if you are not there already? How are you using assessment in the classroom to guide your instruction? Describe how assessment results are used to differentiate instruction within your class.

I would not rate myself high on an assessment scale, possibly a 4 at best. One of the main reasons it is not high is because even though I continuously give out quizzes to determine what subject the students are having trouble learning, I have no state standards or comparisons. As an economics teacher I have very distinct subjects that I know students must know for college, but there are numerous ones and each economics instructor may choose different ones. The assessments done by quizzes and chapter recap questions help differentiate instruction because I separate students based on what they've done badly in and go over it again.

This type of summative assessment helps in my style of teaching because I am very lecture based. I give out lectures and have students take notes. Once the lecture is completed, classwork on the material is given and I scan for signs of struggling. During the lecture, I could use more Formative Assessment to help the process so I do not have to spend much time during material classwork time and thus increase the scale for a 4 to higher number.