If the greater value is given the score, then value the score. If the greater value is intrinsic, then value the child.
Bob Stanish – The Giving Book
I believe if we as teachers understand our curriculum and truly use outcomes to drive our teaching we will use assessment to improve student learning.
Formative assessment breaks down the outcomes in order for the child to scaffold his or her learning. The assessment tells the child and the teacher whether the child needs to go forward or take a step back and revisit the learning outcome.
If we are able to communicate this with the learner and their parents we will improve learning.
Thomas Guskey – One of the greatest challenges that we face is describing students levels of academic performance in meaningful ways to parents and others.
