Mario Maxwell Müller 
Reflecting on Assessment Practices. What Criteria are Used, and how are Assessments Concluded Consistently? 

Essay from the year 2022 in the subject Education – Educational Tests & Measurements, grade: Summa Cum Laude, , course: Masters in Education (Advanced Teaching for Elementary, Middle and Secondary), language: English, abstract: The following essay will discuss a case study of evaluating the assessment practices within your own school setting. The author explains what criteria are used within his own school setting, how assessments are concluded consistently, allowing students to grow, and educators support them in order to achieve and reach their full potential. These strategies are imperative in an international school setting, where you have students from diverse cultural backgrounds.

About the author

Mario Maxwell Muller studied and completed a Ph D in Philosophy (Arts, Social Sciences, and Education) at the University of Venda, South Africa). He has a triple master’s degree, First Class (with Distinction) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, London College of Music, West London University, United Kingdom, and the University of the People, USA. Mario has been teaching for twenty-two years in different leadership positions and has taught at prestigious schools in South Africa, England, Thailand, India, Mexico, and Gabon. He enjoys being a risktaker, principled and effective communicator, whilst serving as a Senior Examiner for Music (HL) for the International Baccalaureate programme. He is currently enrolled on the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) under the LSSE, UK and in partnership with Cambridge University, and Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom.

Ensuring each child reaches their full potential through an IB curriculum is essential, through promoting inquiry-based learning, cooperative learning and collaboration for students to work together, with a strong emphasis on “International Mindedness”.