1. Show student growth toward an essential Learning Target
2. Foster data-based conversations among teachers to support students and facilitate professional growth
3. Meet the state requirement on teacher evaluation
To fulfill the state requirement, only one of the student growth assessments must be given. The purpose of the assessment is to show student growth related to one Student Learning Target (see the Learning Target resources) during the school year. However, because the assessments focus on Student Learning Targets, it may be beneficial to use more than one to determine students' progress towards the Targets.
Each assessment has a unique timeline. This timeline can be found in the provided Elementary Student Growth Monitoring document for each assessment. The goal is for each assessment to be given at the beginning, middle, and end of the teaching cycle for the assessment topic.
Yes. The questions can be changed to fit your grade-level team's unique needs. However, the rigor of the assessment should remain similar to the one provided. If there are any problematic questions, please contact a Teacher Fellow so that the problem can be corrected.
The Student Growth Assessments were designed by the Curriculum Teacher Fellows. The goal is provide at least one assessment for each Student Learning Target so the teachers can assess how well students are progressing toward mastery on that Student Learning Target.
Yes. Teachers are encouraged to use the middle and end assessments as indicators of student growth. However, it would not be appropriate to use the test given before the teaching cycle, the pre-test, as a grade or to average the scores received on the middle and end of teaching cycle tests.