How did you react to testing situations and grades? Are you the kind of student who relishes a good, hard test and who feels a real sense of accomplishment when you do well? Or are you the kind of student who tenses up in testing situations and always comes away from the experience with negative feelings?
What do you think about standardized tests, such as IQ tests, state mastery tests, the SATs, or Praxis I and II for teachers? Do these tests ensure that students and teacher candidates learn what they are supposed to learn? Or do they simply get in the way of real learning and establish unfair barriers?
Have you thought about what kind of assessment system you are going to establish in your classroom? Do you look forward to being the type of teacher who is considered to have tough standards and grading policies? Are you going to use these to make students work hard? Or do you dread the whole idea of making judgments about students' work and plan to do everything you can to play down competition and make sure everyone passes your classes?
