The Measured Progress Formative Content Bank is a set of premium formative assessment items and preconfigured quizzes designed to help teachers gather classroom evidence of student learning, differentiate instruction, and accelerate student achievement. (measuredprogress.org)
At the same time, they incorporate classroom evidence of student learning and they have recently been shown in larger - scale studies to predict teachers» value - added effectiveness, so they help ground evaluation in student learning in more stable ways. (washingtonpost.com)
That is why the sixth and final section of Pencils Down, «Beyond High - Stakes, Standardized Testing,» focuses on authentic forms of assessment, including portfolios and ongoing teacher and student self - reflection based on classroom evidence. (rethinkingschools.org)