I’m trying to get ahead of the game! This year my improvement plan is to increase the rigor of my assessments by concentrating on the content tests, or multiple choice portion. In my class, Modern World History, 50% of the student’s grade comes from the content test and 50% comes from the essay assessment. The focus today was on Module 27 “Years of Crisis” and specifically on Lesson 1 Postwar Uncertainty. Step one: I go through my test- highlighting the information in the textbook that I already have in it. 2nd Step: I start at the beginning of the lesson and read through it carefully adding questions I think are important. In our system we grade 1-4. A 1 means you are working toward a passing grade. A 2 means you have a basic understanding or a C at 50%. A 3 means you are proficient: 83% or a B. This is not easy to achieve. A 4 means mastery at 93%.