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           Assesment as a formative tool

Did we all grow up fearing test days? was it a source of stress and anxiety? were you really able to apply to real life all the information you learned for a test?

According to Scanlan, it could be said that current education in Colombia, to say the least, is not able to guarantee that students are learning rather than memorizing, nor that knowledge could be put into a real life context, where it could be used. Assessment in this system is reduced to test-taking and product evaluating, and its only purpose is to assign a grade or decide if a student should pass or fail a subject.

After reading Scanlan and if we take a minute to reminiscence about our previous teaching experiences, we could all conclude that the learning process is equally important than the final results; If teachers assess their students since the beginning they could make sure the students are having meaningful experiences; as well as evaluate their performance as educators so they can improve and renovate their practices and methods.

Using diversive, continuous, formative assessment might turn education into a meaningful,  learner-centered process and provide teachers with the right tools to create and innovate. We chose a path that puts other people's lives in our hands, it is our responsibility to give only our best and do all we can to fulfill such a marvelous task even when it means to reinvent ourselves and re-learn all the things we thought we knew; we, as teachers, should keep and open mind and absolute willingness to change as our students mentalities do.