Instruction and Assesments to Learning

ADAPTING INSTRUCTION:

Understand the learning process can lead to meeting the needs of their students through instructional adaptation. Through accommodations and modifications, will allow each student equal access to the curriculum and allow them to process information that has been taught. Accommodations: student support related to their disability, could consists of a way that helps the student learn to their greatest ability.
Modifications: student support related to their disability, shortening tasks given, making changes for them as well.

ASSESSMENT AND THE MEASURES:
Assessments usually compare a student's performance with one of three different types of standards.
Individual-referenced: a previous test on a student can be compared to a current test based on performance, monitor progress, and helps teacher understand child's strength and weaknesses.
Norm-referenced : standardized test comparing students performance to a group: compare school performance to national norms.
Criterion-referenced: compare students performance to an objective, assessing if the student has mastered skills within a curriculum, a true false test or even a book report shows direct and indirect ways for a reference.
A good assessment must measure the skills, knowledge, or abilities the teacher holds important, se several ways to determine progress, and be "teacher-friendly".

THE INSTRUCTIONAL CYCLE: There are 3 stages
Stage 1: Intended Instructional Outcomes: Teacher should have a clear idea of what they benchmark and content standard will address at the end of unit less or plan. Instructors should have an idea of what students need to know and understand to meet the standard based curriculum. Keeping in mind how they will asses what has been learned as well.
Stage 2: Planning
Teachers should start planning instructional activities and teaching strategies with making test and assessments. When they learn the outcome, instruction, and assessments the teachers should then carry out planning.
Stage 3: Assessment
This final stage which includes implementing the assessment into the lesson, doesn't mean it should be done at the end of the unit or topic. It should be throughout the entire lesson, so that the teacher could see what has or hasn't been learned by that particular student. Assessments are used to see if the student has mastered the intended learning.