Building assessment into instruction ch 5  

September 21, 2020 

What is assessment? 
Is the process of gathering evidence about a students knowledge of ability to use, and 
disposition toward mathematics and making inferences from that evidence for a variety of 
purposes. 

The​ ​NCTM Assesmment Standards 

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Why do we assess? 

To monitor student progress​: provide both teachers and students feedback concerning progress towards lesson 
objectives and long term goals. 
 
Making instructional decisions:​ teachers plan tasks to develop students' understanding and must have information 
about how students are thinking and what ideas they are using or developing. 

Evaluating students achievement:​ the process of determining the worth of or assigning a value to something on the 
basis of careful examination and judgement. 

Evaluating programs: ​assesment data should be used as one component in answering the question. 

Self assessment 

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