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Assessment ((To determine which students meet grade level expectations and…

- - - - English Language Learners (ELLs) or other transfer students may experience confusion during assessments, especially state mandated assessments.
  - - - Often not an accurate reflection of what a student really knows and understands.
        
        Examples of current and past common core assessments in WA state include the WASL, MSP, the Smarter Balanced Assessments, WCAS, and WA-AIM
  - - - Other students demonstrate their understanding of a topic through speaking and manipulating physical objects.
- - - - More concerned about how and why a child got to an answer and what the teacher can do to build off of that thinking.
        
        Examples
        
        Research Based
        
        Observations
        
        Concept Mapping
        
        Test or reflections
    - - Clarifying, sharing, and understanding learning intentions and criteria
      - Providing feedback that moves learning forward.
      - Activating students as learning resources for one another.
      - Activating students as owners of their own learning.
      - Engineering classroom discussions, activities, and tasks that elicit evidence of every students' achievement.
    - - More test or assessments
      - Takes more class time
      - Funding limitations
      - Doesn't work with conflict resolutions
  - - - Parents often "opt-out"
      - Unintended consequences
        
        Such as
        
        Tendency to use same results for multiple factors
        
        holds teachers accountable for something they cannot completely control
        
        Socio-economic factors
        
        Fairness
      - Pressure placed on students I.E "high-stakes testing"
    - - Holds teachers and schools accountable for students learning
      - Allows for identification of students struggling as well as those excelling
      - Allows tracking of understanding for a large body of students
        
        Allows for people higher up in the educational system to see where students are prevailing/ lacking
    - - Ranking a child based off of how much they got correct on something (the end result)
        
        Examples
        
        Number of correct or wrong responses
        
        Tests
        
        Report Cards