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COVID-19 Updates: Taking steps to return to normal.
The assessment of student progress serves as a guide for learning and instruction. Knowledge about each student’s current level of achievement is essential for planning learning activities to meet the student’s learning needs.
This information should be collected in a variety of ways to provide feedback that is useful to student and teacher alike. To be most useful, classroom assessment should have the following characteristics:
The terms “diagnostic instruction” and “diagnostic teaching cycle” are often used to refer to instruction that is closely linked to assessment. Diagnostic instruction provides a means to ensure that learning difficulties are recognized early and that students receive the help they need. It also provides a means of confirming student learning so that more challenging activities can be provided as students become ready.