On Handling Assessment

When I was in elementary school I didn't give a whole lot of thought to how we were being tested,but from the front of the classroom I have realized that there is a lot of thought that goes into each test.
  I helped give a my first test in Mrs. Brown's kindergarten classroom just this week.  I called over each student one at a time and tested them on their ability to recognize the alphabet letters.  One on one testing was certainly the most effective method for testing kindergartners. A full class test would have been difficult for kindergartners due to their inability to read.  It might be interesting to try a group test to teach the appropriate behavior for test taking.
In Mrs. Heaps class I have helped give a math test.  My responsibility was to walk around the classroom to ensure that the children weren't peaking at their neighbor's paper and to ensure that they answered each question.  It was apparent that the students were still learning the test taking procedure, but it was interesting to see the tremendous amount of progress they made in a year.