Sentences with phrase «intended purposes of the assessment»

Ensure that reported scores are sufficiently reliable for the intended purposes of the assessment instruments.

Not exact matches

This report by Ace Parsi and Linda Darling - Hammond is intended to familiarize state boards of education with performance assessments and help policymakers address some of the thorniest issues around these assessments: purpose, sustainability, reliability, accountability, policy...

Beyond that, practitioners (including teachers and school leaders) have attained appropriate levels of assessment literacy when they can adjust assessment practices to fit different purposes (support or certify learning), routinely rely on clear learning targets, actually gather dependable evidence of student learning, communicate results effectively to intended users, and maximize the positive motivational impact of assessments.

First, formal formative assessment is defined as being planned in advance, designed with the purpose of gathering information from all students in the class at the same time, and intended to move students forward through feedback and / or instructional adjustments.

An assessment must be capable of fulfilling its intended purpose by providing relevant, required information.

Assessments should be used for their intended purpose — as ONE measure with which to determine our students» areas of strengths and weaknesses so that we are able to provide them with the academic instruction they need — nothing more; nothing less.

He also suggests that insurers who intend to use social media for such purposes should be prepared to address the validity of their assessment models.

Although assessment is an integral part of the certificate program, the primary purpose of the program is to provide education and training which supports the accomplishment of the intended learning outcomes.