Spelling tests aren't inherently bad! What's bad is giving students a list of words to memorize for Friday's test and just calling out the list! If you test, test quickly and smartly and teach smart as well. Of course, I could have a far better picture of students' true ability from looking at their rough draft writing and not taking any of my students time out from instruction. Here's a link to an article worth reading which includes an alternative test---a rubric that might give you some good ideas. http://www.dldcec.org/pdf/teaching_how-tos/spelling_tests.pdf
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