Ames Coalition for Effective Schools

Assessment

This page has information on topics and issues associated with assessment and evaluation.

A resource produced by the Iowa School Boards Foundation. Its designed to be  a tool that school boards and districts can use in designing comprehensive assessment systems to monitor student achievement.

A recent report from the Brown Center.  It discusses: 1) issues surrounding the use of the international PISA assessments as ‘benchmarks’ for American students, 2) the pushing of algebra down to younger students, and 3) a trend nation wide of improved performance in large urban districts.

          How Well Are American Students Learning? – Brown Center 2009

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  1. [...] develop a comprehensive assessment system to monitor student achievement.  It is available on the Assessment page of the blog.  Thanks! Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Types of Student [...]

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