Up to date, I have tried all assessment methods, including selected-response

assessments, constructed-response assessments, and authentic assessments.

Selected-response assessments:

In this assessment method, I have used true false items, matching items,
and multiple-choice items to test my student comprehension. This assessment
method is perfect for testing someone’ content knowledge. The test is systematic;
therefore, there is not any room for errors. However, throughout my experience
with this assessment, it requires constant tweaking. The tests can’t remain the
same forever. It has to be revised frequently.
Constructed-response assessments:
Similarly, I have also included gap fillings and short answer in my tests. This is
such a good assessment to give us a glimpse of student comprehension. It is
quick to compile and administer in class. However, this does not ensure true
learning because students are only able to memorize and guess.

Authentic assessments:
As for authentic assessments, I have tried self and peer assessment, portfolio
assessment, and performance-based assessment. For self and peer assessment, it
is such an innovative strategy to teach students to evaluate their own and others’
writing. However, throughout the use of this assessment, the issues in correction
accuracy and social effects in scoring have been vividly visible. It is challenging
when applying such methods to perfection due to the above-mentioned factors.
Next, portfolio assessment is another creative idea to help student progress and
keep track of their learnt lessons. However, the most common problems with this
assessment can due to how it is supposed to be done. Normally, teacher does not
collect them along the way throughout the course or semester. This causes the
student’s motivation to plummet and surge at the end of the course and the
students to copy and paste tasks and submit late. Lastly, performance-based
assessment is probably the best out there in evaluating a students’ actual
progress. However, the problems in this assessment are the consistent marking
across different teachers, challenging tasks for students, and teacher’s
expectations on the outcome.

I would apply all of these assessments since we need comprehension tests

and performance checking. The course grade I gave is fairly accurate because it
depends on how I provide score to my students and criteria. Lastly, the factors
that influence my grading practice would be the class size, course level and
criteria. Technically, once you have a lot of students to grade, you will feel
somewhat exhausted, thus affecting our scoring reliability. Furthermore, our
evaluation goal varies through course level as what they are supposed to be able
to do. In addition, the criteria provided will be also be another great influence. It
is important to have a criterion and follow it. Otherwise, we can overstep our
boundaries.