State Testing Educational Assessment Through Year Assessment Assessment
Why Has it Been So Difficult to Develop a Viable Through Year Assessment?
An Assessment Cannot Both Portray Summative Student Performance and Purport to be Used to Improve Student Performance in the Short-Term
There has been a buzz that “through year” or “through course” assessment represents a better way for states to assess than today’s pervasive end of the year summative assessment. However, no through year assessment has yet been implemented statewide with results acknowledged as acceptable for use comparable to end of year summative assessment scores.
Why Has it Been so Difficult to Get a Viable Through Year Assessment?