Archive for May, 2008
Minutes with Charlie - 18
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Once understanding the concept or definition of common assessments - collaboratively developed formal measures of essential student learning, standardized across the discipline that are administered in a systematic, timely fashion whose results are disaggregated, analyzed, compared and contrasted for the specific purpose of improving student achievement- the next step is beginning the development process.
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Minutes with Charlie - 17
Monday, May 5th, 2008Common assessments have been part of the educational landscape for many years. Many campus, grade level or subject area teams have engaged in developing and using common assessments. Both research and most instructional leaders recognize that common assessments, properly developed and used promote increased student achievement. However, the common understanding regarding common assessments is [...]
Minutes with Charlie - 16
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008An important part of harvesting the benefits of a quality assessment program lies in the proper and effective use of data garnered from the assessments. In the last few Minutes we have examined the traits and development of summative assessments of assessment of learning. We will now examine the proper and effective use of [...]