Educators in a research partnership have found that early math screening is a helpful teaching tool that helps educators target instruction to support children’s math learning.
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If educators want to make valid inferences about what students know and can do, assessments like drafts, works-in-progress and repeated observations of student learning are needed.
While COVID-19 has held back learning, the pandemic presents a historic opportunity to revamp education systems.
There are benefits and drawbacks to both formative and summative assessment. Both are important parts of a rigorous assessment program.
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