The TEKS are carefully designed to be the centerpiece of systemic educational reform in the state. By aligning curriculum, instruction, student assessment, professional development, program development, and the selection and use of instructional resources with the Fine Arts TEKS, Texas teachers and school administrators are taking part in substantive reform in arts education and are providing all Texas students with the opportunity to study the fine arts meaningfully and comprehensively. A Definition of Collaborative vs Cooperative Learning. I have been searching for many years for the Holy Grail of interactive learning, a distinction between collaborative and cooperative learning definitions. I believe my confusion arises when I look at processes associated with each concept and see some overlap or inter-concept usage.
Assessment plays an important part in the teaching-learning process at all levels of education.
Since assessment plays such an important and significant part in the future of students there is no doubt that any assessment system will determine what students learn and the way in which they do this. Hence assessment will also determine the way in which we teach and what we teach. But assessment is not just about grading and examinations. It is also about getting to know our students and the quality of their learning and to use this knowledge and understanding to their benefit. Assessment is without doubt one of the major 'drivers' of the teaching-learning process.