Fundamental Purpose
a focus on teaching
what is a focus on learning?
from infrequent summative assessments..
what is to frequent common formative assessments?
from remediation...
to intervention
from each teacher clarifying what students must learn...
what is to collaborative teams building shared knowlege and understanding about essential learning?
From providing individual teachers with curriculum documents such as state standards and curriculum guides...
what is to balanced assessments
from one opportunity to demonstrate learning..
what is to multiple opportunities to demonstrate learning?
from privatization of practice...
what is to open sharing of practice?
to a fixation on what students learned
what is from coverage of content?
from assessing many things infrequently..
what is assessing a few things infrequently?
from fixed time and support for learning...
what is to time and support for learning as variables?
from emphasis on what was taught..
from each teacher determining the criteria to use in assessing student work..
what is to collaborative teams clarifying the criteria and ensuring consistency among team members when assessing student work?
from invitational support outside of the school day...
what is to direct (that is, required) support occurring during the school day?
From focusing on average scores...
from individual teachers determining the appropriate response...
what is to a systematic response that ensures support for every student?