The End In MIND.........

The first chapter being the last one MUST  signify something after all. And this something could be the beginning of new practices,techniques, viewpoints, insights, etc.in our professional development.
It could be quite interesting  to see how this  shift  the book proposes, can be a real fact and not just a
captivating reading that few teachers are fortunate enough to have a glance at.
I think the challenge is there, not in the reading itself, of course, but  in the successful implementation of such innovative approach in learning.
ThE big question we have to ask ourselevs BEFORE doing anything is what is the real purpose of our work, which refers exactly to what we expect from our pupils to learn and be able to demonstrate they undesrstood and obviously that they finally learnt something in classes.
Merci.

The challenge of validity.

''The third question in thinking like an assessor asks us to be careful that we evoke the most appropriate evidence.''
This reminds me of  part of the work I had to do last year in this course  and how the term ''validity'' was  like something coming from another galaxy. I simply had never heard about it before. Now, I know that it does not come from another galaxy but this planet. The Assessment planet. Things happen for one reason so if this validity exists is for an important reason.
I also have the feeling that most of the time we don't pay real attention to the possible consequences our judgements based on test scores can have.In this case, our judgements should be based on valid criteria, something that would fairly and consistently show to what extent our students are able to demonstrate they have a certain level of proficiency in a language skill. Just when we realised our judgements have consequences, which not always is easy to see, we can start to work on making our work more valid than it tends to be day by day.