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The following article(s) __Learning to Love Assessment__ (Tomlinson, Carol A. //Educational Leadership.// Dec.2007, ASCD) and __The Best Value in Formative Assessment__ (Chappuis, Jan & Chappuis, Stephen. //Educational Leadership.// Dec. 2007, ASCD) read of the value of assessing students, either through conventional paper/pencil or formative assessments.

As stated in the last paragraph of the Tomlinson article, there are different categories of an assessment and their function relative to the data that is generated: //of// learning//, for// learning and //as// learning.

In the discussion section of this website add your comments to the following questions after you have read the Tomlinson article:

1. The assessment(s) //of// learning that I use in my classroom are.... 2. The assessment(s) //for// learning that I use in my classroom //are....//

In the Chappuis & Chappuis article formative, benchmark and summative assessments are defined and their use described.

In the discussion section of this website add your comments to the following question:

3. Following these descriptors of the types of assessment, how do you see 4Sight and Quarterly assessments being used in your classroom at this point? 4. In your school?

View the following document (draft) which illustrates the cyclical pattern of formative, benchmark and summative assessments: