The author describes how
assessment for learning turns day - to - day assessment into a teaching and learning process that enhances (instead of merely monitoring) student learning.
The assessment for learning turn in contemporary pedagogical theory and practice has created a demand for assessment - centric teachers who are willing and able to depart from their lesson plan to adapt to immediate student learning needs (Loughland & Vlies, 2016).
Not exact matches
I began a quest to discover a way to make the seemingly adversarial task of
assessment turn into a rich and powerful tool
for learning.
As I recently heard Susan Patrick, head of iNACOL, explain, competency - based
assessment has huge implications
for accountability 3.0: in competency - based systems we will hopefully have more and deeper evidence of student
learning by which we can in
turn assess school and providers efficacy and hold them accountable
for their students» track record.
This information plus
assessment data are then
turned into
learning goals from which the team selects the appropriate curriculum
for the student.
Around the
turn of the millennium, Dylan William (1998), strongly advocated using
assessment formatively, not just to assess
learning that had happened, but to then use it to guide and design future instruction through Assessment For Learning str
learning that had happened, but to then use it to guide and design future instruction through
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Learning strategies.
Extensive research and experience, both here and abroad, have demonstrated that the use of performance
assessments which are locally administered and use multiple sources of evidence offer the opportunity to
turn assessment systems to serve their primary purpose — assisting students in
learning and teachers in teaching
for higher order intellectual skills.
With all the discussion about deeper
learning, college - and career - ready standards, and the latest research on
assessments, assignments, and instruction, it
turns out that what many principals prescribe to chart a new course
for meaningful literacy instruction is engaging readers and fostering a love of reading from an early age.
Performance Management Common Core and Smarter Balanced
Assessments; Engaging Math Achievement Strategies; Second Language Learner Considerations in the Common Core; Post-Secondary Readiness; Using Data to Inform Instruction; Acceleration
Learning Strategies
for Students Below Grade Level; Best Leadership Academic Practices; School
Turn - A-Round Best Practices; Coaching; Professional Development; Talent Development; Succession Planning; Principal Evaluations; Teacher Evaluations: Incentive Bonuses and Instructional Leadership.
June 25, 2014 — Youngstown, OH —
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In
Turning Points 2000, Jackson and Davis (2000) recommended that professional development should focus on «curriculum, instruction, adolescent development, classroom management,
assessment, service
learning, interdisciplinary teaming, and parent involvement» (p. 114) to facilitate high levels of
learning for students.
Assessment for learning turns day - to - day
assessment into a teaching and
learning process that enhances (instead of merely monitoring) student
learning.