Top Uses of Assessment: Principals
Number of Respondents
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
To diagnose
student skill
deficits
Figure 4
To predict
student
performance
on future
assessments
To inform
professional
development
decisions
To inform
school
resource
allocation
To inform
teach
assignment
decisions
To
communicate
with parents
To inform
student
course
placement
Number of Respondents
Top Uses of Assessment: Teachers
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
To diagnose
student skill
deficits
Figure 5
To improve
my instruction
To set goals
with students
To group
students
To predict
future
student
performance
Information shared by educators during focus groups and interviews further attests to the importance of assessments in the
teaching and learning process. Teachers discussed using data from assessments to drive instruction, to group students, and
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