Which One Is Just Right? What Every Educator Should Know about Formative Assessment Systems.

Recent legislative and local school accountability e orts have placed a premium on the collection, analysis, and use of student assessment data. Beyond state-based summative student achievement data, schools are searching for in-year information about student performance. As a result, school leaders are searching for the formative assessment system that meets their needs; they are looking for the formative assessment system that is just right. note: This module has been peer-reviewed, accepted, and sanctioned by the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) as a signi cant contribution to the scholarship and practice of education administration. In addition to publication in the Connexions Content Commons, this module is published in the International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 1 Volume 4, Number 3 (July September, 2009). Formatted and edited in Connexions by Theodore Creighton, Virginia Tech.

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