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Publication Date: 2009
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Which One Is Just Right? What Every Educator Should Know about Formative Assessment Systems
Militello, Matthew; Heffernan, Neil
International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, v4 n3 Jul-Sep 2009
Recent legislative and local school accountability efforts have placed a premium on the collection, analysis, and use of student assessment data. Beyond state-based summative student achievement data, schools are searching for in-year information about student performance. As a result, school leaders are searching for the formative assessment system that meets their needs; they are looking for the formative assessment system that is just right.
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Utilization, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Progress Monitoring, Mathematics Tests, Benchmarking, Feedback (Response), Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Norm Referenced Tests
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Language: English
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