Sentences with phrase «quality assessment actually»

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It combines a crowd - sourced approach to assessment item creation with strong verification procedures to maintain high quality and be sure that assessments actually measure the knowledge or skills that they purport to measure.

So how can states build on the research base and knowledge regarding high - quality assessments in order to design systems that do not just meet the requirements of federal law but actually drive student learning to a higher level — especially for students from marginalized communities?

However, by using the wrong assessment instruments to evaluate educational quality we may actually do more harm than good.

Absent an appropriate tool for observational assessment, there is no way of gauging whether programs are actually offering quality experiences nor are there ways to improve program quality that focus on the actual experiences of children and teachers» behavior in classrooms.