National Assessment of Educational Progress

Early Literacy Assessments Early literacy assessments are a critical part of a student’s success in English Language Arts and other subject areas in school. By partaking in a series of assessments during primary grade levels, educators are able to detect if a students will need support in order to have a greater opportunity at academic success during later years of schooling. The ability to read, comprehend and utilize basis reading strategies (vocabulary, questioning, retelling,…

YSCP Assessment Policy Our Philosophy: YSCP provides a rigor program of instruction guided by the aims and objectives of the Middle Years Programme as well as aligning with Pennsylvania state standards.Its program is dedicated to providing each learner with a balanced program by which students can acquire knowledge and skills necessary to prepare for their future life. To this end, students are given the opportunity to develop higher-order thinking skills in various disciplines along with…

Introduction The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) is a group of standards developed by the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE). I explored the NET standards in order to reflect on the penetration level of technology in my school for administrators, students, and teachers, as well as to reflect as a future leader on the standards and the implementation of technology in schools. The NET standards, are standards that were developed to engage students, teachers,…

The purpose of assessments The National Early Childhood Assessment Resource Group summarized the purposes for appropriate uses of assessment in the early childhood years as follows: Purpose 1: Assessing to promote children’s learning and development; Purpose 2: Identifying children for health and social services; Purpose 3: Monitoring trends and evaluating programs and services Purpose 4: Assessing academic achievement to hold individual students, teachers, and schools accountable” Source:…

2015). At-risk students have compounded issues within classrooms that utilize antiquated materials and provide limited access to educational technology (Hall, 2011). There are gaps in performance seen in at-risk students as reported in the MAP assessments for the alternative schools within Denver Public Schools (Colorado Department of Education, 2015). MAP assessments are particularly important because the data allows…

primary need to include assessments among their learning programs. Assessment provides a valuable source of information that illustrates learning in progress. A wide range of methods used in collaboration with children, families, and other professional support networks will gain a deeper insight of data. Curriculum frameworks and education government agencies highlight the importance of assessment as it provides high quality learning and teaching. Educators need assessment tools to report on…

The framework for providing for the educational needs of children throughout the United Kingdom (UK) is similar throughout Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England; providing for appropriate special education services for those students who qualifying is similar as well. With a focus specifically on England, which occupies the southernmost region of the UK, this section of the paper will examine the policy framework, programs, and assessments of exceptional needs students through a…

Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was the US Congress Act that amended the Elementary and Secondary Education to focus its efforts toward disadvantaged students. The supplement to Title 1 Education Act of 1965, NCLB focuses the reform through assessment based achievements to obtain federal grant funding for public education per basic academics. This reform focuses on student achievements in K-12 grades.(Dee & Jacob, 2011) Each state is allowed the authority to determine how to administer the…

students who are under-performing. The RTI process is a method involving evidence-based interventions and frequent progress monitoring. The manual stipulates "when students do not make progress, increasingly more intense interventions should occur." (2008, p.13). Although there is no single conclusive researched and commonly practiced "ideal" of the RTI framework. According to the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), RTI is defined as a 3 Tier approach to the…

set in place to expedite a sense of order allowing the accomplishment of the professional objectives, of the organisation in question, by the proficient. Even through the ever-fluctuating period of the 21st century, which holds a change for the educational system, there will always be particular goals within teaching that will generate the desired learning outcomes from pupils across a wide spectrum. This assignment examines the particular roles and responsibilities that are established within…