Assessment Help for Teachers On Way
Teachers make judgments about students every day, based on such formal and informal appraisals of their work as classroom observation, homework assignments, and teacher-made quizzes. Soon, they'll have the first set of professional standards to help guide them in making such decisions.
The 220-page "Student Evaluation Standards" is on track to be approved this week by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, a nonprofit group whose members represent 18 national education organizations.
Five years in the making, the standards address an array of issues, such as planning evaluations, grading students, reporting the results, and identifying who has the right to view and use the information. The document also explores how to assess...
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