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Hallmarks of Good Assessment
Help teachers teach better. Good assessment provides an array of information that teachers can use to improve their teaching practices and help ensure student learning.
Are integrated with the curriculum and instruction. Assessment works best when it flows naturally from, and is part of, student work -- i.e., a science experiment that becomes part of the student portfolio.
Are classroom based. Most of the information for the assessment is based on classroom work done by students over a period of time.
Use a variety of measures. Good assessment does not rely on a single yardstick but compiles data based on both individual students' learning plus schoolwide data such as attendance and graduation rates.
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