“Student Empowerment through Demystifying Assessment” was the title of the Virtual Institute of Alternative Assessment 2022 session I watched tonight. John Andelfinger was the presenter. Andelfinger is an English instructor at SUNY Orange and wanted to share how teaching with the terms summative and formative can be powerful. Since 2012, Andelfinger has taught first-year composition; however, from 2018 until 2021, Andelfinger worked in assessment at the institutional level. This professional experience helped Andelfinger bring assessment into the courses they teach. Students work in writing groups with four to six students. Interestingly, Andelfinger shared that they believe in disrupting the rough draft model by including instructor and peer feedback. Andelfinger uses audio feedback and believes “this model empowers students with knowledge of assessment, which is important due to how assessments impacts educational their journey in many ways. Andelfinger uses the audio recorder/audio feedback within the LMS. I thought that Andelfinger’s explanation of the difference between peer editing and peer feedback is important. During the question and discussion, they spoke about engaging students in the process of learning about summative and formative assessment through peer review.
