It also drives teams to create a series of common formative assessments that are administered to students multiple times throughout the year to gather
ongoing evidence of student learning.
Not exact matches
The Apple Distinguished School designation also signifies that the administration, staff, and
students of Burlington High School can demonstrate that they have shown competency in the best teaching practices
of a Distinguished School — Visionary leadership, Innovative
learning and teaching,
Ongoing professional development, Compelling
evidence of success, and flexible
learning environments.
• Use
of multiple forms
of evidence of student learning, not just test scores; • Extensive professional development that enables teachers to better assess and assist their
students; • Incorporation
of ongoing feedback to
students about their performance to improve
learning outcomes; • Public reporting on school progress in academic and non-academic areas, using a variety
of information sources and including improvement plans; and • Sparing use
of external interventions, such as school reorganization, to give reform programs the opportunity to succeed.
«in ways that enhance
ongoing learning» — Sources
of evidence are formative if, and only if,
students and teachers use the information they provide to enhance
learning.
After synthesizing over 800 meta - analyses on the factors that impact
student achievement, John Hattie concluded that the best way to improve schools was to organize teachers into collaborative teams that clarify what each
student must
learn and the indicators
of learning the team will track, to gather
evidence of that
learning on an
ongoing basis, and to analyze the results together so that they could
learn which instructional strategies were working and which were not.
Because what works in one district may not work in every district, professional
learning should be aligned and adapted to address school and system goals.25 States and school districts should work with teachers to design
ongoing cycles
of learning and improvement that ensure all educators can identify areas for growth and
learn evidence - based strategies that will address their needs, ultimately improving their performance and increasing
student achievement.26
At the heart
of the continuum is National Board Certification, a process designed for teachers to demonstrate, through standards - based
evidence, the positive impact they have on
student learning as a result
of their deep and abiding understanding
of students, content knowledge, pedagogical practice,
ongoing reflection and participation in
learning communities.
The Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC) provides instructional tools and professional support services meant to help teachers collect
ongoing and immediate
evidence of student learning.
«Formative assessment is a planned,
ongoing process used by all
students and teachers during
learning and teaching to elicit and use
evidence of student learning to improve
student understanding
of intended disciplinary
learning outcomes and support
students to become more self - directed learners.»