1) "...the kind of instruction that seems furthest from the test--what your teacher calls literacy for the 21st century and a flat world--does prepare stuents for the standardized test. Students who are able to comprehend on the literal, inferential, and critical levels will probably be able to figure out just what the test is asking..." (260)
2) "...assessment is always a means to an end, never an end unto itself." (261)
3) "It seems to me taht the most useful way to think about assessmen to support instruction is by asking, from the outset, two important questions: What is it I want my students to know and be able to do? and What would serve as evidence that students know and can do those things?" (266)
4) "Assessment is about the process and the product." (268)
Based on these thoughts, here are some questions to think about...
- How are our classroom assessments preparing students for both the real-world and standardized tests?
- How are we, as teachers, planning backwards--how do we start with a picture of what the end should look like and then figure out how they will get there?
- How are we assessing both the process and the product in our classes?
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