Sentences with phrase «multiple purposes of assessment»

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First and foremost, most of the tests we use for accountability purposes are multiple choice assessments that require very little thinking.

It has become common in education to refer to the multiple «purposes» of assessment.

Schools should be permitted to use multiple, locally created assessments instead of «one shot» tests to measure student progress for accountability purposes, according to a report released last week by a panel of experts convened by the Forum on Educational Accountability, a group that includes some of the most vocal critics of the 5 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act.

Such universal - screening practices have been shown to boost participation of minority students and can be implemented at low cost, especially since students already take multiple federal, state, and local assessments, one or more of which can serve this purpose.

As this trail covers multiple areas of mathematics it gives the teacher an opportunity to make real assessment of learning in mathematics for both summative and formative purposes.

Armed with the knowledge of the various educational assessments available, and with understanding of the purpose of each, educators can build a balanced assessment environment using multiple measures.

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.

Examples of the instructional and democratic citizenship benefits of developing these economic reasoning skills in students include: sharpening critical thinking and critical literacy skills; entertaining multiple perspectives; better understanding current events; laying the groundwork for authentic discussions and civil debates; casting informed votes; and making students» thinking explicit for assessment purposes.

The «test of the test,» which runs through June 6, will serve multiple purposes — but mainly to gauge the accuracy and fairness of the test questions ahead of the new assessments that will become operational next year.

Use instructionally relevant assessments that are reliable and valid • SCREENING: Collecting data for the purpose of identifying low - and high - performing students at risk for not having their needs met • DIAGNOSTIC: Gathering information from multiple sources to determine why students are not benefiting from instruction • FORMATIVE: Frequent, ongoing collection of information, including both formal and informal data, to guide instruction

This session guides participants through Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures and also lays out the basic principles and purposes of different types of assessments and what a comprehensive assessment blueprint looks like within the context of a three - tier system.

Condition 5 — A quality system of assessment incorporates multiple forms of assessments, and is used for multiple purposes.

As states develop KEAs and other young child assessment systems, there are opportunities to develop and use these assessments for multiple purposes, including the development of partnerships with families.