Assessment measures how well students are doing in school. In addition to giving feedback on students' progress, assessment provides important information to school staff and parents to guide them in helping students meet promotion standards and earn promotion to the next grade. Both are essential to effective instruction, and both focus on what is taught and what students should know and be able to do. The chart below shows the ways second graders are assessed in English language arts and mathematics. Ongoing Assessment uses student work that teachers and students collect in class to measure progress and plan appropriate instruction.
Teachers use ongoing assessment to provide students with continuous feedback on their progress.
Choose challenging materials to read for pleasure and for information. Use outside sources such as the public library to supplement classroom reading choices. Continue to have good literature read to them daily and begin reading to others. Read one or two chapters from a book daily. Read a range of materials, including chapter books, picture books, informational books, etc.