In Chapter 4, what I took away most from it was the different kinds of assessments students receive throughout the year by either their teacher or by the state. Children at school are constantly bombarded with different versions of tests, and all of them offer a different perspective. The first kind was the Norm-referenced tests, which compares students to other students. I personally do not like norm-referenced tests as I feel many students, especially mine, are mentally not on the same level as others and these do not accurately reflect what they know or what they have learned.
The second is criterion-referenced tests which I like slightly better because they are based on certain objectives, and students aren't compared to other students. It's strictly based on what they know as a a student!
The last one is standards-based assessments. These are in the middle for me, as while they depict what a student knows, not all students can go through all of the objectives that are needed, and end up not doing well on a test because they do not know it all. For me, no test is perfect, and quite frankly I would prefer not constantly testing children.
Below is my link to my first emaze I've ever done!!! I think I like it more than PowerPoint!!
http://app.emaze.com/@AOTWTRQT/presentation-name#1
References
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
You can/should actually embed your eMaze presentation right into your blog like you've done with the others - just look for the embed code! It makes it much easier for the reader to not have to click out of your blog. :) So glad you like that tool - it is easy to create and use with students. Students can often create their own, as well. As for assessment, we need something to determine what students have learned, but I think that formative assessment (which teachers can do informally throughout the lesson) and authentic assessment have more merit. It is hard for large entities to see those as priority though when they can't measure them as easily.
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