The Eight Big Ideas of Classroom Assessment

The Eight Big Ideas of Classroom Assessment

1. Assessment serves different purposes at different times: it may be used to find out what students already know and can do; it may be used to help students improve their learning; or it may be used to let students, and their parents, know how much they have learned within a prescribed period of time. 

 2. Assessment must be planned and purposeful.  Planning must ensure that assessment is aligned with curriculum, instruction, grading, and reporting. 

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