Staff from the Curriculum department are often requested to work with teachers and schools. They help to target learning goals, classroom materials, and classroom practice that meet the needs of all students. The Curriculum department staff are always available on request to help teachers with curriculum issues. Assessment helps us to know how students are learning. Often we think of this as the major tests that happen once or twice a year.
Assessment is much more than that.
The assessment activities in Kent School District are based on the notion that many different approaches are important, and that the results need to be used to guide teaching. The Iowa Test of Basic Skills and Iowa Test of Educational Development are national tests. These national tests provide information about how our students do compared to a norm group of students throughout the country. The Washington Assessment of Student Learning measures how well our students meet state learning standards in reading, writing, listening, and math. The research and assessment department also coordinates the tests required by Kent School District.