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How Classroom Assessments improve Learning ?

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb03/vol60/num05/how-classroom-assessments-improve-learning.aspx

Educational Leadership:Using Data to Improve Student Achievement:How Classroom Assessments... Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels an…

"I can say a child is fine, but if I’m not showing data, it’s hard to convince a parent.” Novack, who has been a teacher for 14 years, says she already knows which children need help, but that the analytical software pinpoints specific needs more precisely than she can — and it removes subjectivity."

Is All This Student Data Changing the Way Teachers Teach? With so much access to student data these days, teachers are experimenting with different tactics, and figuring out what's working and what's not. As with most scenarios using education technology, it's a mixed bag. How it's used depends on a variety of factors in each school and in each teacher’s c…