Not exact matches
These systems also require that all teachers and principals receive robust, timely, and
meaningful feedback on their performance and support in order to inform and improve
instruction so that all students meet the expectations of new CCR standards.
Diverse and authentic assessments used to inform
instruction and less time spent on test prep and bureaucratic paperwork
so teachers can focus on planning
meaningful instruction.
Oliver and Hannafin (2001) noted that teachers must be able to provide appropriate
instruction and prompting
so that students are able to utilize the technology - based tools and scaffolds in a manner that promotes
meaningful learning outcomes.
It masks the substantial issues involved in generating
meaningful credible actual test scores... whether students have sufficient actual
instruction on common core standards prior to operational testing to permit valid test scores, or the fact that while Smarter Balanced may have generated enuf qualified test questions to deliver an actual full test spring 2015 [the
so - called «field» test was not an actual test, but rather an exercise to try - out test questions for potential inclusion in an actual test], it still needs actual test scores from spring 2015 to generate credible scoring rules for the test (i.e., «cut scores») for valid reliable fair individual student and aggregate group scores.
The point of these strategies is not just to measure students» progress, but also to give feedback and adjust
instruction so you can provide more
meaningful learning opportunities.
As explained by Young and Bush (2004), «The power of the pedagogy must drive the technology being implemented,
so that
instruction, skills, content, or literacy is enhanced in some
meaningful way.»
These efforts culminated in the enactment of HB 146 in 2012, which was viewed by some proponents of jury nullification
instructions as a victory, but by others as too watered down to be
meaningful; and
so efforts have continued.