Fairness in Assessment

Fairness in assessment is defined to teachers in different aspects.
Teachers I have experienced in the past have noted fairness
oppurtunities in usual English classes. Because on tests in English
class, those who learned a different language before they learned
English are at a disadvantage. This proposes the view that not all
testing can be fair. Even standardized testing nowadays is even
categorized by gender and even in some cases categorized by
ethnicity. As a teacher I would like to make my classroom as fair
as it can be, and not institute different assessments unless needed
by a student with a learning disability.

Although the usual fairness in assessment has to do with students
being on the same level, but in my past experiences I have noticed
that it also has to deal with test disturbution. When a teacher passes
out a test in class and some students get the test before others, I
see that as unfairness. It shows that whoever gets the test first is
at an advantage because they have more time to complete it, than
the student who was the last one to recieve it. It may seem as a
minimal unfairness in assessment, but for a student five
minutes of time can mean the difference between an 85 and a 90.