When the cook tastes the soup, that's formative; when the guests taste the soup, that's summative. — Stake, R.
2019-2020 MCAS Testing
2019-2020 MCAS Testing Schedule
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September/October 2015
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.