In addition to perusing students» histories, teachers should also assess skill levels in a subject
area through standardized test scores and other assessments.
Not exact matches
The discrepancies underline the difficulty educators at the local and state level face in tracking students» academic growth
through high school, especially when the only
standardized tests students take cover narrow subject
areas.
Until states develop better assessments — which we will support and fund
through Race to the Top — we must rely on
standardized tests to monitor progress — but this is an important
area for reform and an important conversation to have.
They may see,
through item analysis,
areas in which the existing curriculum supported success and
areas in which students struggled on
standardized tests.