{"id":368,"date":"2025-09-12T15:36:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/?page_id=368"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:08:41","slug":"elementary-most-challenging-part-of-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/elementary-most-challenging-part-of-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Elementary Most Challenging Part of Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"#mindset-and-practical\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/21-20-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/21-20-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/21-20-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/21-20-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/21-20-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/21-20.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"#common-challenges\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/20-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/20-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/20-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/20-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/20-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/20.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/saskatchewan-assessment-consortium-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default has-border-color has-custom-color-4-color has-custom-color-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-3033c4ca561174acd4708dcf2752fc2b\" id=\"mindset-and-practical\" style=\"border-color:#ffc82e;border-width:7px;border-radius:0px\"><strong><strong>Mindset &amp; Practical Shifts<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46399ef7913816871697393f08b37a3e is-style-text-subtitle--2\">Handling Classroom Complexities is Hard!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a3d7c9d0526651a275e5b102c90ad3de is-style-text-subtitle--3\">Finding Multiple Modes of Assessment is Hard!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f26f3bdbacccc15b5f4e9ebc07d85fc2 is-style-text-subtitle--4\">Assessment Takes Lots of Time!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default has-border-color has-custom-color-4-color has-custom-color-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c284370f2ab4504c6984a3e747feb8a6\" id=\"common-challenges\" style=\"border-color:#ffc82e;border-width:7px;border-radius:0px\"><strong><strong>Common Challenges Teachers Face<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-703629aa0897a9fbb39d2829969ad4d9 is-style-text-subtitle--5\">Not <em>Everything<\/em> Has to Be Assessed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-552538df1972db7eb877979803267aff is-style-text-subtitle--6\">Plan For Assessment From the Start!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e4617bd30223f0ef8d13486a821369e7 is-style-text-subtitle--7\">\u201cIf You Make It a Priority, Then They Will Make It a Priority\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5e0ac797db42c235d0af8bee65aac965 is-style-text-subtitle--8\">Assessment Doesn\u2019t Have to Be a \u2018Big Thing\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-68784c7b015cf136501511c64ff6b0e5 is-style-text-subtitle--9\">Assessment Needs to be Ongoing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b671952db3a5fdd6254d334cf6183cbc is-style-text-subtitle--10\">Low-Risk Assessment? Get Them to Mark It Themselves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-84a46883da424027cd823e2100bf2e03 is-style-text-subtitle--11\">Adjusted Grading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-59efe0a244b2b4f44b0a5596df9f08cd is-style-text-subtitle--12\">Setting Goals and Reflective Assessment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e571e65d96a65d2e28ba11bc9c826ac2 is-style-text-subtitle--13\">Structured and Procedural Teaching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ba5425e206c7d135f2d21d90aebb459c is-style-text-subtitle--14\">Focusing on the Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26489914bb516b4dec0e86aabd14661c is-style-text-subtitle--15\">&#8220;Engagement is a Struggle&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-16 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/elementary-teachers-talk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" data-id=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/23-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/23-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/23-1-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/23-1-768x538.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/secondary-teachers-talk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" data-id=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/24.png 1000w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/24-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/24-768x538.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindset &amp; Practical Shifts Handling Classroom Complexities is Hard! 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