ERIC Number: ED603689
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 14
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Student Assessment Inventory for School Districts: Guidance for School Districts
Achieve, Inc.
"Student Assessment Inventory for School Districts" (see ED603651) is a tool district leaders can use to take stock of their assessments and assessment strategy and do so from a student perspective. Achieve developed the "Student Assessment" to support a process by which districts evaluate the assessments students are taking; determine the minimum testing necessary to serve essential diagnostic, instructional, and accountability purposes; and work to ensure that every district-mandated test is of high quality, is providing the information needed for specific school and district purposes, and can support structures and routines so that assessment results are actually used and action steps taken that will help students. Districts should consider a number of important issues as they move through the inventory process. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance and key questions to assist district and community leaders -- superintendents, assessment and curriculum leads, teacher leaders, school board members, and local advocates -- in ensuring that their district's assessment inventory process is meaningful and actionable. This guidance is organized by stages of the assessment inventory process: "Reflect and Plan," "Conducting and Analyzing the Inventory," and "Making Recommendations." An additional section, "Communications and Messaging," provides guidance on communicating and transparency throughout the inventory process. Please note that this guidance is suggested and that not all questions may be relevant to a district going through an assessment inventory process.
Descriptors: School Districts, Testing, Evaluation Methods, Planning, Cooperation, Evaluation Utilization, Communication (Thought Transfer), Guidelines
Achieve, Inc. 1775 Eye Street NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: 202-419-1540; Fax: 202-828-0911; Web site: http://www.achieve.org
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Achieve, Inc.
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