This fact sheet is a basic primer on formative assessment including the elements of the formative assessment process, recommended strategies and an...
Massachusetts NRS Assessments: Resources, Research and Curriculum
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This article by Rick Stiggins and Jan Chappuis was published in Theory into Practice in 2005. The authors argue that the failure of 60 years of total...
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This paper summarizes the key messages from the National Research and Development Centre and other research and development activity on formative...
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Ready-made benchmark tests cannot substitute for day-to-day formative assessment conducted by assessment-literate teachers.
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Formative assessment refers to the ongoing process students and teachers engage in when the focus on learning goals, take stock of where current work...
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The authors advocate rebalancing assessment priorities to bring classroom assessment into the equation. Evidence gathered over decades from around the...
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Classroom assessment that involves students in the process and focuses on increasing learning can motivate rather than merely measure students.
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This resource was adapted by SABES PD Center for Assessment to show only approved Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
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The Massachusetts Adult Proficiency Tests (MAPT) comprise ABE reading and math tests at several levels. The knowledge and skills measured by the MAPT...
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This page will give you an overview of the BEST Plus test and the specifics of test administration. You can visit www.cal.org/aea/bestplus at any time...
