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Wake Educast #15: What Are "Formative Assessments"?
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There are different ways to assess a child's academic progress. There's always the final exam, or the End-of-Grade or End-of-Course test, which lets you know how the child did at the end of the year or class. Teachers also regularly check students' progress during the year in order to fine-tune their instruction and better meet each child's needs. That's called a "formative assessment", and we compare it to preparing a meal in this week's Wake EduCast.
(By the way, the chicken parmigiana was outstanding.)
Posted by Chip Sudderth at 4:55 PM on September 24, 2007 | Leave Feedback
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