Assessments
Formative
Summative
Definition: Formative Assessments take on a process of gathering evidence of student learning while providing feedback to help teachers adjust instruction strategies to enhance student achievement.
Interim-Benchmark
Definition: Interim-Benchmark Assessments are used to see how well students are progressing in their learning within a unit, and are used to determine how well students will perform on future assessments.
STAAR Tests 
MAP Tests
Diagnostic
Performance
Definition: Performance Assessments require students to perform and/or complete a task to demonstrate their knowledge as opposed to typical testing.
Debates
Student Presentations
Definition: Diagnostic Assessments are pre-assessments that look to determine where students are ahead of a instructional unit. DAs help find student trouble spots, misconceptions, but provides positive data as well, such as points of previous knowledge where students may exceed.
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Concept Maps (Woah...)
Quizzes/HW
Definition: Summative assessments evaluate student learning at the END of a content unit and are used to see how well the students are understanding the material relative to benchmark scores or standards.
District Assessments
EOY Exams
HOT Questions
Guiding
Opening
Closing
Which line on the graph (red or blue) could represent how many miles a person drives (y) in a certain amount of hours (x)?
What do the letters m and b represent in y = mx + b?
What features of this graph can we use to determine its special-case slope?
What is the equation of the function graphed above, and how can we infer our slope from it?
What is the relationship between independent and dependent variables? Explain in writing and create 3 real-world scenarios to display your understanding
Why do vertical and horizontal lines have slopes of undefined and 0, respectively? Explain in writing with mathematical examples as needed.