C4T #1

I was giving a teachers blog to comment on. His name is Mr. Andy. In the first post, he was explaining the difficulties in oral evaluations of  students. The evaluations for the the students varied greatly. It was difficult for many reasons including different grading styles, determining the grade for the level of communication and accuracy, and  finally the lack of communication experience such as not knowing what to talk about. 
My comment to this was I agreed with him on how different grading styles played a major role in the oral evaluations. It made it hard for the students to know what the teachers were looking for. He gave an example of two children that were evaluated. One hardly talked and was accurate and the other student rambled on but was not accurate at all. I agreed that he was right in giving them the same grade. I believe you talk as much a you want, but if it does not make sense not accurate you might as well not have spoke at all.
The second post I commented on was Teaching According to Ability. It was about a language program that ranged from level 1 to a level 9. Students could not move up a level until they had achieved the requirements and passed the test to move up. 
I do like the way that the program is structured. Teachers know for certain that their students are comfortable and fully understand all the material of that particular level. As a teacher, I'm sure that would give them assurance that they did everything they could to teach the students and the confidence that the students will do good in the next level.