What Does Research Say About Assessment? What Does Research Say About Assessment? Herman, and R.A. Knuth NCREL, Oak Brook, 1991 Assessment may be defined as 'any method used to better understand the current knowledge that a student possesses.' This implies that assessment can be as simple as a teacher's subjective judgment based on a single observation of student performance, or as complex as a five-hour standardized test. The idea of current knowledge implies that what a student knows is always changing and that we can make judgments about student achievement through comparisons over a period of time. Assessment may affect decisions about grades, advancement, placement, instructional needs, and curriculum.

Purposes of Assessment The reasons why we assess vary considerably across many groups of people within the educational community. Who Needs To Assess?

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Overview: The GRADE™ (Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation) is a diagnostic reading test that that determines what developmental skills PreK-12 students have mastered and where students need instruction or intervention. Accreditation: Sold only to accredited/approved schools & school districts Age Range: PreK-12, Adult Administration: Full Battery, Paper/Pencil Completion Time: 50-90 minutes Forms: 10 Levels with two parallel forms for each level Norms: Norm-Referenced Fall and Spring, Grade-based Scores/Interpretation: Stanines, Percentiles, Grade Equivalents, Age Equivalents, Standard Scores, Norm Curve Equivalents, and Growth Scale Values. Guide Instruction Using Focused Testing GRADE™ helps you to determine which developmental reading skills students have mastered and where they need instruction or intervention. Based on scientific research, GRADE provides the components you need to accurately and efficiently assess reading competencies, including recommended instruction through correlated follow-up materials.

GRADE Client/Server Scoring and Reporting System Requirements PLATFORMS: Windows: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 Macintosh: Macintosh OS 10.4 to 10.10 *Scanning software compatible with PC only up to Windows 7 32-bit operating systems. NOTE: Scanning functionality is not supported on Mac Operating Systems.

• - A step-by-step instruction to download GRADE or GMADE to a Mac. • - A step-by-step instruction to download GRADE or GMADE to a PC. Server Compatibility The Client/Server version of the Scoring and Reporting Software uses Microsoft SQL Server 2000 as its backend database.

Your organization must have a registered copy of SQL Server 2000 or 2005 in order for the software to function across a network. Although other database options are listed during database selection, only SQL Server 2000 and 2005 have been tested and approved for use with the GRADE and G-MADE Client/Server Scoring and Reporting software. Data Compatibility A numeric ID system for students, teachers, classes, and schools must be in place to use the software.

Compatible Scanners A number of Optical Mark Read (OMR) scanners are compatible with the GRADE/GMADE Scoring and Reporting Software. During this session the presenter will demonstrate how the Group Reading and Diagnostic Evaluation(GRADE) and Group Math and diagnostic evaluation (GMADE) help to make reading and math more meaningful to each and every student, which will improve the overall quality of instruction. We will also look at understanding how to align the GRADE/GMADE assessment results with correlated interventions to help students improve weaknesses or challenge strengths. This session serves as a good introduction to school personnel who would like to learn more about GRADE/GMADE and how it can be used in their schools.