Various experts use three different prepositions to
suggest purposes of assessment.
Not exact matches
This
suggests that overuse
of these
assessments for high - stakes
purposes may drive increased opposition to Common Core and aligned
assessments in the future.
In a guest editorial in Educational Leadership 20 years ago (April 1989), Art Costa
suggested five approaches to «reassessing
assessment»: (1) reestablish the school as the locus
of accountability; (2) expand the range and variety
of the
assessment techniques used; (3) systematize this variety
of assessment procedures by developing schoolwide plans for collection and use
of information; (4) reeducate legislators, parents, board members, and the community to help them understand that standardized test scores are inadequate indicators
of the quality
of schools, teachers, and students; and (5) remind ourselves that the
purpose of evaluation is to enable students to evaluate themselves.
The similarity among other teachers in grades 1 - 3
suggests that they use a variety
of internal
assessments for similar
purposes.
The lack
of documentation
suggests that behavioural
assessments were done in an ad hoc fashion without a standard template for
assessment purposes or definition
of a consistent set
of practices for behavioural
assessment.
He also
suggests that insurers who intend to use social media for such
purposes should be prepared to address the validity
of their
assessment models.
A couple
of equipment manufacturing groups
suggested that updating
of various types
of equipment would be necessary for compliance
purposes, and
suggested a phased approach to this — for example, an initial phase consisting
of preparation
of policies, plans, and risk
assessments, a second phase consisting
of bringing new equipment into compliance, and a final phase consisting
of bringing existing equipment into compliance.