Alternative assessment

Hey kiddo! Do you know what tests are used for in school? They are used to measure how well you understood what you learned, right? But did you know that there are other ways to know if you learned something well, without taking a test? That's what we call "alternative assessments".

Think of it this way - a test is like when you're asked to write down the answer to a question on a piece of paper. But there are many other ways to show that you learned something besides writing an answer on a paper. For example, you could draw a picture, make a poster, create a project, or even give a speech about what you learned. These are all examples of alternative assessments.

Sometimes teachers use alternative assessments to better understand how we're doing in class. Sometimes a test doesn't show us everything we know, so teachers might want us to show what we learned in a different way. For example, if we're learning about animals, a teacher might ask us to draw a picture of our favorite animal and explain what we learned about it.

Alternative assessments are a fun way to show what we know in a different way than just taking a test. It can be really exciting to think of new ways to show what we learned and to be creative in how we share our knowledge!