http://nurturingfaith.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/a-case-for-quality-faith-integrated-assessments/ in head, heart, & hands... through classroom, curriculum & community... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:44:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://nurturingfaith.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/a-case-for-quality-faith-integrated-assessments/#comment-91 Sarah Engbers Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:07:30 +0000 http://nurturingfaith.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/a-case-for-quality-faith-integrated-assessments/#comment-91 In many of my education courses, assessment is a major topic. I have learned that there are many purposes for assessment. But I have not seen assessment addressed as in this article, which calls for faith integrated assessment. This concept makes a lot of sense to me. The Christian School concept as a whole emphasizes faith integration. The Reformed worldview is similar with the "every square inch" concept. I acknowledge that it would be difficult to integrate faith questions into every form of assessment (for example, an end of unit spelling test), but when possible it is important to do so. If we are to equip our students to go out into the world as followers of Christ, we can start with asking them to apply their faith to what they are learning. The example given in this article is a great example. I feel challenged by this article to try to integrate faith into all areas of education and life, including assessment. In many of my education courses, assessment is a major topic. I have learned that there are many purposes for assessment. But I have not seen assessment addressed as in this article, which calls for faith integrated assessment. This concept makes a lot of sense to me. The Christian School concept as a whole emphasizes faith integration. The Reformed worldview is similar with the “every square inch” concept. I acknowledge that it would be difficult to integrate faith questions into every form of assessment (for example, an end of unit spelling test), but when possible it is important to do so. If we are to equip our students to go out into the world as followers of Christ, we can start with asking them to apply their faith to what they are learning. The example given in this article is a great example. I feel challenged by this article to try to integrate faith into all areas of education and life, including assessment.

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