The term
"local assessment systems" refers to a set of procedures and methods used by educational institutions, organizations or governments at a local level for evaluating students' knowledge, skills, abilities, and progress.
Full definition
States no longer give tests; instead, they test them: They certify that
local assessment systems are up to standards, and that schools and school districts regularly monitor their progress toward their goals.
The statement says states and districts will work «in tandem» to continuously improve state and
local assessments systems.
Clients for our information have differing needs and interests in the data; if we fail to consider these clients,
our local assessment systems may be inadequate and provincial.
A psychometrician may well find
a local assessment system not up to a rigid technical standard; but such a system can still be credible and effective within the real — world constraints of school time, talent, and budgets.