The assessment process and information enhance student learning. Students are equitably assessed because the focus is on their individual learning. Because the learning targets, expectations, and criteria are published, the process is open. The inferences drawn from the gathered evidence are valid because students have multiple opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge and skill. The assessment is coherent since it is aligned with curriculum and instruction.
Students assume responsibility for their own learning.
They know the learning target. They engage in the task and record their understandings. They determine their own level of achievement using the rubric. The responsibility for learning is distributed between student and teacher. During student-led conferences, parents review collections of work, read the attached learning objective and description of each task, and review the rubric that defines levels of achievement.