Comprehensive, Continuous, and Coherent Assessment
Our goal is to educate students who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged and who are ready for the demands of college, career, and citizenship. Through a combination of assessments of and for learning, such as growth models; portfolios; criterion-referenced tests; norm-referenced tests; computer adaptive assessments; diagnostic evaluations; and formative, interim, and summative assessments; we get a more comprehensive and continuous picture of student achievement and long-term success.
Another component of balanced assessment systems is coherence. Coherent assessment systems (PDF) are composed of multiple, coordinated, and valid measures that reflect significant learning goals and provide accurate information for intended purposes. When we think of how assessments serve student, classroom, school, and district goals, we can ask ourselves
- Are the assessment tasks aligned with significant learning goals? Fair and free from bias? Accessible for
