To ensure that all students have access to a quality education.

To hold schools and educators accountable for student outcomes.

To provide data that can be used to improve teaching and learning.

To create a competitive environment that motivates students to excel.

The use of standardized testing can lead to teaching to the test.

Accountability systems can create a culture of fear and stress among educators.

Accountability systems can lead to the narrowing of the curriculum.

Accountability systems can help to ensure that all students have access to a quality education.

Summative assessments are used to measure student learning at the end of a unit or course, while formative assessments are used to measure student learning throughout the learning process.

Summative assessments are used to measure student achievement, while formative assessments are used to measure student progress.

Summative assessments are used to provide feedback to students, while formative assessments are used to provide feedback to teachers.

Summative assessments are used to make decisions about students, while formative assessments are used to make decisions about instruction.

Standardized tests

End-of-course exams

Portfolios

Performance tasks

Quizzes

Exit tickets

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To measure student learning at the end of a unit or course.

To measure student achievement.

To provide feedback to students.

To make decisions about students.

To measure student learning at the end of a unit or course.

To measure student achievement.

To provide feedback to students.

To make decisions about students.

Formative assessment can lead to teaching to the test.

Formative assessment can create a culture of fear and stress among students.

Formative assessment can lead to the narrowing of the curriculum.

Formative assessment can help to ensure that all students have access to a quality education.

Summative assessment can lead to teaching to the test.

Summative assessment can create a culture of fear and stress among students.

Summative assessment can lead to the narrowing of the curriculum.

Summative assessment can help to ensure that all students have access to a quality education.

High-stakes tests are used to make important decisions about students, such as whether they are promoted to the next grade or whether they graduate from high school, while low-stakes tests are used for formative purposes, such as to provide feedback to students and teachers.

High-stakes tests are used to measure student achievement, while low-stakes tests are used to measure student progress.

High-stakes tests are used to make decisions about students, while low-stakes tests are used to make decisions about instruction.

High-stakes tests are used to measure student learning at the end of a unit or course, while low-stakes tests are used to measure student learning throughout the learning process.

High-stakes testing can lead to teaching to the test.

High-stakes testing can create a culture of fear and stress among students.

High-stakes testing can lead to the narrowing of the curriculum.

High-stakes testing can help to ensure that all students have access to a quality education.

Low-stakes testing can lead to teaching to the test.

Low-stakes testing can create a culture of fear and stress among students.

Low-stakes testing can lead to the narrowing of the curriculum.

Low-stakes testing can help to ensure that all students have access to a quality education.

Accountability is the process of holding schools and educators accountable for student outcomes, while assessment is the process of measuring student learning.

Accountability is the process of making decisions about students, while assessment is the process of measuring student progress.

Accountability is the process of providing feedback to students, while assessment is the process of measuring student achievement.

Accountability is the process of ensuring that all students have access to a quality education, while assessment is the process of measuring student learning at the end of a unit or course.

Standardized testing

End-of-course exams

Portfolios

Performance tasks

Quizzes

Exit tickets

Observations

Conferences