Winslow Public Schools are dedicated to ensuring that each student receives a quality education.  Often, that educational pathway winding from Pre-K through graduation is shaped differently for each individual learner.  In order to provide the necessary supports and challenges for our students we acquire assorted data throughout the year in order to make educational decisions that are in the best interest of each student.  These assessments are varied in order to allow us to triangulate the data and get the best possible view of how our students are doing.  This triangulated model includes standardized assessments from the Maine Department of Education, standardized assessments from within each grade level within each school (i.e. uniform unit assessments in math or DRAs in ELA), and assorted individual assessments within classrooms that include both formative and summative measures.  The practice of assessing students is dynamic and can change over time.  Examples of changes that impact assessment include, the Maine Learning Results (standards) evolve and are revised over time, the curriculum grows and may change over time, new assessment measures may be required or made available to schools, classroom resources and practices may evolve and change over time as research about teaching and learning reveal new "best practices", etc.  As a district, we are committed to keeping abreast of any such changes and to adjust our assessment practices accordingly in order to meet the needs of all students.