Not exact matches
Standardized tests should be
used as
diagnostic tools to move children forward in their educational journey and not as a benchmark to stigmatize students and
teachers.
«We also intend to make the tests as
diagnostic as possible so that
teachers can
use test results to help their students learn more.»
The overwhelming majority of
teachers (68 %) indicated support for this testing program when it is
used as a
diagnostic instrument, and even as a accountability tool when similar schools and / or school districts are being compared.
As the schools learned how to interpret this
diagnostic information, many began
using the system to individualize instruction, assess
teachers, and pay for performance.
As with many other successful data - driven schools, at Elm City the work begins before school starts, when
teachers and principals — both Dale Chu, who heads up the elementary grades, and Marc Michaelson, who oversees the middle school —
use a variety of
diagnostic tests to understand the ability and achievement levels of their incoming students.
Trobe said: «It is important that the results of these tests are
diagnostic and
used to support the work of the
teachers and do not become yet another performance indicator on which to measure schools.»
The two charter schools
use routine
diagnostic assessments to respond to individual learning needs and hold regular team meetings between
teachers and the instructional coordinator to align instruction and improve sharing of expertise.
How can the tests be
used as
diagnostics if the test questions are not made available to
teachers for reasons of security?
A few talked about the development of
diagnostic and formative assessments, aligned with state and district curriculum standards,
used by
teachers to track student performance.
Used individually or as a set, these probes provide the
diagnostic and formative tools mathematics
teachers at all grades need to uncover the preconceptions students bring to their learning and inform pathways needed to build a conceptual bridge from where students are at any point in the instructional cycle to where they need to be mathematically.
Teachers are largely doubtful that parents understand formative or interim assessment — the diagnostic tools and practices teachers frequently use to gauge student understanding and to adapt the instruction
Teachers are largely doubtful that parents understand formative or interim assessment — the
diagnostic tools and practices
teachers frequently use to gauge student understanding and to adapt the instruction
teachers frequently
use to gauge student understanding and to adapt the instruction process.
The
teacher uses IEP goals,
diagnostic data, mid-year assessment results, scores from last year's reading test, weekly assessment data, and student interest surveys to inform plans.
Although initially introduced as a
diagnostic tool to help our
teachers assess the academic needs of their students, MAP ® is now
used by the district to evaluate
teachers — a purpose for which the test was not designed, the vendor NWEA has stated — and as a screening mechanism for advanced learning opportunities.
Teachers and principals in many schools reported
using diagnostic assessment instruments as a basis for identifying struggling students and placing them in remedial programs at the beginning of the school year.
In some schools, for example,
teachers used diagnostic and formative assessment data to make decisions about student placement in remedial reading or math programs, or in school - based tutoring programs.
For example, Mr. Mislevy pointed to
diagnostic systems now
used in computer - based programs such as Carnegie Learning and Khan Academy, in which students work through individual topics at their own pace, taking brief tests of their mastery along the way, with feedback delivered to the student and
teacher on individual processes or misconceptions that cause the student problems.
Merryl claims that the tests are
diagnostic tools that are
used to inform instruction and curriculum development, to which Diane responds about the inordinate numbers of hours students spend testing and how whatever formative value might come from such tests is grossly delayed whereas
teachers do not receive results until well after their students have left their classrooms, which greatly limits formative potential.
TRI
teachers use diagnostic, evidence - based reading strategies and refine those strategies daily to meet the needs of their struggling readers.
At the start of the school year, districts that
use PARCC have the option of taking a
diagnostic assessment that provides
teachers and parents with timely information about each student's knowledge and skills.
Russell Hobby, the general secretary of the National Association of Head
Teachers, told Schools Week: «Any test that is
used for accountability gradually loses its value as a
diagnostic.
The reasons O'Hara listed to opt - out were numerous: «The hours of instructional time lost to testing and prepping for the test; linking it to an invalid curriculum lacking empirical evidence therefore invalidating the results, setting kids up to fail; the tests serving no
diagnostic purpose;
using a child's score to rate a
teacher's performance.»
Hence,
teachers should be allowed and encouraged to
use their expertise and judgment and to base their assessments upon
teacher made tests that are
diagnostic and individualized to help determine student strengths and weaknesses.
Access powerful, easy - to -
use reporting with real - time
diagnostic and achievement data for
teachers and administrators
The
teacher also provides frequent and specific feedback by
using diagnostic, formative tests, as well as regularly correcting mistakes students make along their learning path.
Includes powerful, easy - to -
use reporting with real - time
diagnostic and achievement data for
teachers
The
teacher uses multiple sources of data — English
teachers»
diagnostics, additional assessments, and IEPs — to plan.
The evidence suggests that the
teacher only
used student
diagnostic data and IEPs, which do not constitute «multiple sources of data.»
The
teacher is
using a curriculum that supposedly helps students on «different levels,» but is not following through with
diagnostic results or other measurable evidence.
These benchmark assessments are
used frequently, but because they are often «
teacher created» they should be cross-referenced with universal and
diagnostic screens if available.
Create Resume Sara Stephens 100 Main Street, Cityplace, CA, 91019 (555) 322-7337
[email protected] Summary Hard working, patient, and creative Special Education
Teacher with training in differentiated instruction,
diagnostic assessments and experience
using multi - sensory learning strategies to accommodate a diverse student body.
Children with ADHD (6 — 8 years) were recruited through 43 Melbourne schools,
using a 2 - stage screening (parent and
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