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Measures of Student Academic Growth: More Problematic than Many Realize
A student’s test score is only meaningful in relation to something else – 1) information on the performance of a particular group of students, 2) some pre-established standard of performance, 3) a test score reflecting previous performance of the student, or 4) a prediction of performance based on previous testing. The last two of these,…
More Information from Shorter Tests? Riiiight!
“I promise to replace our current accountability assessment with a single, summative, formative, adaptive, diagnostic general achievement test that measures growth and yields immediate results that teachers can use right away to modify their instruction.” Over a period of four decades, the stakes associated with state assessment results have increased dramatically. At the same time,…
What does “balance” mean in a balanced assessment system?
It’s fitting that an early post in this blog is a piece on “balanced assessment systems” because it’s an all encompassing concept relative to the assessments experienced by students. We can zero in on specifics throughout the year. The term has become a widely used one, yet when folks are asked to define it, the…
RMC Welcomes Dr. Stuart Kahl
To better address the needs of educators across our states, RMC has initiated a blog series that will focus on assessment. Although assessment is a critical activity at all levels — from statewide testing to classroom testing by teachers – schools of education cannot possibly cover the full domain of assessment literacy in their pre-service…