A key recommendation involves aligning high - quality and comprehensive standards, curriculum, instruction, and
assessments as a continuum from Prekindergarten through Third Grade.
Not exact matches
This issue is often referenced through classification of an
assessment routine
as being in a particular position on a
continuum from «formative» to «summative.»
These should be reflected in a
continuum of performance
assessments that validly and reliably measure actual teaching performance at key career junctures — initial licensing, the achievement of the professional license, and the designation of accomplished practice —
as well
as in on - the - job evaluation systems.
Below, we illustrate key differences between learning focused on personalized mastery vs. a more traditional approach to education, specifically in core areas such
as school culture, learning
continuum, learning pace, instruction,
assessment and grading policies.
Further, P - 3 requires ensuring that there is increased alignment across the
continuum of learning settings so that, for example, teachers collaborate and share data across grade levels; standards and
assessments are aligned across age levels;
assessments are aligned with instruction; families partner with schools; schools partner with early learning / preschool programs; and children have smooth transitions
as they move throughout the system.
The National Educational Psychological Service Agency (NEPS) have developed these guidelines and a complimentary resource pack for teachers to present the
continuum of
assessment and intervention processes which acknowledges the central role of the class teacher supported
as appropriate by the school's special education personnel and by agencies external to the school.
The purpose of the
assessment process,
as envisaged under the EPSEN Act (2004) and
as subsequently outlined through the NEPS
Continuum of Support guidelines, is focused on identifying student educational needs so
as to inform the development of teaching and learning plans for students.
The
Continuum of Support is a problem - solving model of
assessment and intervention that enables schools to gather and analyse data,
as well
as to plan and review the progress of individual students.
develop a
continuum of IECMH services integrated into child welfare practice that includes
assessments of the parent - child relationship, effective parenting education, visit coaching, and multigenerational therapies such
as Child - Parent Psychotherapy; and