EDMM 699 - Testing & Assessment Strategies in Educ

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Tests and assessments are essential to effectively evaluate and enhance students’ learning and teachers’ instruction, conversely, they can confuse and alienate students, distort curriculum, and hinder good instruction. Results are used to improve instruction and hold schools accountable for quality of instruction. Test-based reform efforts have stirred much controversy and are causing educators to rethink assessment. Learn strategies to help you meet standards and understand the public pressures as well as instructional need for good assessment.