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Is the Assessment Meaningful? A reflection on Objective Assessments

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When cooking traditional is usually the most valuable way to make sure the dish or baked goodies turn out perfect.  However, like with the world around us change can be very helpful and usually doesn’t take away the main details.  Education is following the same process like many things we experience in our world today.  Traditionally instructors would teach students various concepts related to a unit of learning and provide students with a large assessment at the end.  The assessments are usually high in point value and consist of various questions delivered on a Scantron sheet. Example of "I can" statements https://www.theartofed.com/2013/02/21/how-i-can-statements-can-work-for-you/ As we are continuously evolving to teaching our 21 st century students we must incorporate change how we assess these unique individuals.  Even our learning objectives are changing into “I can statements” which are written in student friendly language.  This new form of language shoul