Is the teacher on track with curriculum? Are students understanding what is being taught? Provides feedback to the teacher
Shapes the instructional focus
Help students learn and provide them feedback
To see if students are comprehending and to give feedback, to track student growth and progress, to identify topics/skills needing remediation/reteaching
To know what has been learned. Assessment allows the teacher to know what students know so that we teach the unknown, strengthen skills, and fill in gaps.
determine student comprehension, is pacing schedule appropriate for student learning, data driven feedback will provide direction for teacher planning.
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We assess to provide feedback to teachers and students on what they have learned.
Determine what topics need to be retaught or reinforced.
We assess to discover what students know, what they do not know, what they need to learn.
In the past we have used assessment forr grading - now it is used to guide instruction and reflect/change teaching practices.
Is the teacher on track with curriculum?
Are students understanding what is being taught?
Provides feedback to the teacher
Shapes the instructional focus
Help students learn and provide them feedback
determine student comprehension, is pacing schedule appropriate for student learning, data driven feedback will provide direction for teacher planning.