The question is "What do teachers need to know about data?"
Schools administer many tests and create many school reports. The administrators think this practice will help improve student performance and increase accountability test scores. This practice does not improve student performance. It is an "after the fact" activity that by the time the results are presented, the instructional train has departed the station and is now heading for the next destination. So, the question is What do teachers need to know about these tests and assessments for instruction?
Understanding Assessments
- Content validity
- Reliability
- Item analysis
- Error analysis
- Score interpretation
- Predictive value of the assessment
- Intended versus enacted curriculum
- Test item weighting alignment
- Pacing guides
- Curriculum-based assessment
- Daily direct data collection
- Reporting performance information to students
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