Description: Learn more about state assessments and why does it matter.
Purpose & Importance of
State AssessmentsPurpose
- Evaluate student's mastery
- Ensure children have a solid foundation
- Indicate how well student's have
understood the content - To measure how the curriculum is
preparing them for the next grade
Is it optional
- It is mandated by federal
- Part of every student succeeds act
Why it matters
- Provide data that improve
how children are taught - To Coach Teachers
- Provide additional support
for students - Indicate the performance
of schools
- Provide data that improve
Format of State Assessments
- Assessed using varying levels
of Bloom's Taxonomy - Multiple Choice Questions
- Short Answer Questions
- ECR Questions
- Assessed using varying levels