Elementary+Assessment+Vision+Statement

In order to drive our work on the Framingham Public Schools Elementary School Assessment Calendar, the elementary-literacy-specialist team* believes that:


 * Assessments inform instruction.
 * It’s important to have a variety of assessments -- including criterion and norm-referenced tests.
 * Assessments provide information on student growth and student performance levels.
 * Students should be assessed in multiple ways but student learning time, teacher teaching time, building resource time, and student profile should be taken into account.
 * The FPS Assessment Calendar includes formative common assessments and benchmark common assessments.
 * Daily classwork and teacher observations serve as formative classroom assessments for learning and must be included in a full assessment protocol.
 * Assessment data also serves as a tool for teacher reflection.

*Created by: Brett Berkman, Deb Bishop, Michelle DaCosta, Margaret Fawley, Rosanne Kates, Julie L’Abbe, Lauren McDonough, John Maynard, Anne Sullivan, Karen Waldstein