Benefits and Uses


Benefits or Uses of Formal Assessments and Data:

  • Provides evidence that can then be shared with families and students

  • Provides one stand of triangulation of information and therefore, can be used to support the performance scale on the Reports/Points of Progress

  • Provides an opportunity for teachers to “check their gut”

  • Informs teachers of the next step in planning and teaching

  • Informs students of the next step in learning

  • Provides information for goal setting

  • Allows teachers to further know their learners by adding one more piece to the puzzle

  • Informs specific intervention strategies

  • Can be used to guide the school mapping process

EDPLAN INSIGHT:

  • Edplan provides one location for data. Both report card and individual assessment

  • Informs schools in the development of school growth plans

  • Allows for the discovery of trends

  • Co-horts can be tracked

  • Reports can be generated

  • Historical data can be easily accessed by teacher, or admin

  • Allows for growth to be tracked and seen

  • Provides the District with the data they require for Ministry obligations as well as their district goal setting