Communicating learning outcomes to be achieved and focus student interest on tasks to be accomplished. Monitoring the engagement of students in learning activities, and the progress they are making, to determine if the pace or content of instruction needs to be modified to assure that all students accomplish lesson and unit objectives. Documenting student progress in accomplishing State and district standards, prepare data summaries that show this progress to others, and inform students, supervisors, and parents about progress in learning. If the student performs poorly, the teacher appears to perform poorly. Think about those doing the assessment and those being assessed up and down the hierarchy.
All students know they are subjected to constant evaluation.
All teachers know they are as well. Develop an assessment strategy, aligning the assessment with the activity. All rights reserved.