With greater frequency, assessments are also used to document student progress to inform instruction (i.e., “data driven instruction”; Erwin, 1991; Popham, 1995). Assessments can be used to identify student or programmatic needs, and then plan program improvement (Erwin, 1991; Alexander, ...
and comprehension of grade-level appropriate content, as well as comparisons between a child and the average child of that grade level, the main purpose of informal assessments is to inform day-to-day instruction, so teachers can see progress and where students are struggling in the curriculum....
We use Renaissance Star Assessments quarterly to assess student mastery of Math and ELA. We then use the results to provide data points for targeted skills that students are s... Continue reading Kathryn Moleti Supervisor - Other Curriculum Teacher Nassau BOCES 18 years of experience Renaissance St...
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Reading proficiency data was available at both student and class level to inform teachers how to plan instruction at each grade level. Assessments are carried out three times a school year, starting in the beginning of the semester, at the middle of the year and at end-of-term, and, as ...
read orally. She holds one copy of the text students are reading, and she marks off each word as students read. She also times their oral reading and makes notes on their fluency. She gives students increasingly complex texts until they are no longer able to read with 90% accuracy or ...
The purpose of this paper is to outline how these assessments have been implemented in teacher education in the USA and Australian contexts. The edTPA is embroiled in controversy in the USA and there are important lessons from the related research literature that could inform the how other ...
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