These check for understanding
Help students and teachers identify strengths and obstacles
Target areas that need improvement
Help change direction of instruction
Allows for modification in learning activities
Advance student learning to meet individual students' needs
Conversation / conferencing piece
Provides immediate feedback
Ranges formal and informal
Compare the efficacy of different forms of instruction
Identify students who are not demonstrating adequate progress
Determine when an instructional change is needed
Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly
SMART Goal Setting
We can measure Rate of Improvement (ROI)
We can make adjustments to learning based on actual student performance
Research shows:
Ss learn more
reliable and valid predictor of performance outcome/measures
teacher decision making improves
students become more aware of their own performance
End of instructional unit
Compared against standard and or benchmark
Can also use to drive future instruction and student learning
Graded