What are the three

levels of assessment?

Classroom Assessment

School/Program
Assessment

Institutional/Academic
Assessment

Who Assesses?

The classroom teacher.

Teacher teams, teacher

leaders, principals and
curriculum personnel.

Superintendents, school
boards, and legislators.

What is Assessed?

Each students individual If the students are

learning.
mastering standards and
the teachers method of
teaching.

Whether the students of

the school have
mastered the standards
or not.

Where?

In the classroom.

In the school, usually by

grade level or
department.

The school as a learning

institution.

How?

By giving diagnostic,
formative and
summative assessments.

By using interim
benchmark or shortcycle assessment.

Formative and
summative assessments in
the form of standardize
accountability test.

How Many
Assessments?

Continuous assessments
throughout the year.

Periodic assessment
throughout the year.

An annual assessment.

Potential Actions?

It tells the teacher if the

students are ready to
move on to the next unit
or if there is a need to
reteach.

Team-developed
common assessments
help identify curricular
areas that need
attention because many
students are struggling.
It helps each team
member clarify strengths
and weaknesses in his or
her teaching. And
interim common
assessments identify
students who arent
mastering the intended
standards and need
timely and systematic
interventions.

At the school level, these

permit teachers to
identify standards
where students struggle
and to use that
information for program
improvement.