Jonathan Musci

Noncompliance can only be met with a continued culture of compliance. Factual representations will be met by noncompliance at times, but continued efforts will improve the general compliance culture.

I don't think a truly substantial misrepresentation could be made on accident. I think misrepresentations can happen accidently, but if that misrepresentation somehow has a chance to majorly affect a students life and education, and there was any confusion on the part of that staff member, than that information should have been checked out and vetted. 

Misrepresentation is frightening. As an adjunct professor contracted to work part-time hours, I am not always deeply intertwinde in my College. I would never want to accidently misrepresent anything, and need to be diligent about keep up on current policies and procedures.

At our school, we do not accept certain math credits for students completing their prerequisites becuase it is critical for their instruction later. 

I actually worked on the accreditation team at my middle school. My assistant principal of curriculum at the time knew I had wanted some leadership opportunities so she put me in a group that ensured our school was meeting specific standards and indicators and we came up with evidence of this. As a title I school that relies on federal funding, we needed the accreditation to come through!

When sustaining a culture of compliance it is important to make distinctions between "a culture of compliance" and compliance. Compliance without understanding, teamwork, and shared responsibility is just a dictatorship. Creating a culture of compliance is making it an environment where the normal behavior is to get things done and work hard. 

As all interactions we want students to gain something of value from assessment. Value-added assessments means that the assessments are not purely evaluative, but serve a purpose in the students learning and the professors instruction.

Testing is integral to my job as a middle school teacher as well as my job as an adjunct professor. Assessment is meant as a tool for students to learn. The evaluative part is really such a small portion. Feedback and reteaching have much more of a significant effect.

I think it is a great idea to remember that the end goal of assessment is student retention and memory formation of that knowledge. Assessment is such an integral tool to all in education today. I regularly use assessment to evaluate student ability and where to make important instructional decisions for the best outcome for my students. 

One of the most important first steps it seems when choosing technology tools for student assessment and learning you have to first and foremost think about what is going to be the appropriate medium or technology tools to utilize. As a school teacher and adjunct professor I know the importance of backwards design and knowing how students will be assessed proir to teaching them.