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Balanced Assessment: Improving Student Achievement and Standardized Test Results

by Klea Scharberg

Assessing student knowledge, understanding, and skills is something that educators must master to teach properly. Test and quiz results help teachers assess, but they need to look at other factors to get a complete and accurate assessment. Educators must look at virtually every part of the learning process to understand the full picture of what their students are taking away from their learning experience.

This video shows how teachers and administrators assess students using a variety of techniques to fully understand how students are learning. Learn more with ASCD Express.


Source: From Balanced Assessment: Improving Student Achievement and Standardized Test Results (DVD), 2010, Alexandria, VA: ASCD