When the cook tastes the soup, that's formative; when the guests taste the soup, that's summative. — Stake, R.
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September 2015/October 2015 Administrative Statement on Standardized Testing
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 ​Assessing the Whole Child: Throughout January 2012, ASCD took a look at how assessments can serve a whole child approach to education and inform-not drive-school improvement efforts. Listen to a two-part Whole Child Podcast series on the meaning and types and future of assessment, featuring author Nancy Frey, #Edchat founder Tom Whitby, principal Peter DeWitt, researcher Susan Brookhart, Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Deborah Gist, and ASCD Director of Public Policy David Griffith. A formal assessment presentation was made to the School Committee.