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Help identify where a student is at to tailor future instruction towards them, how do you individualize all assessments to fit each students needs?

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Due to the diversity among children, every assessment will not be appropriate for all students

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"Therefore, the information gained from assessment allows a teacher to create appropriate instruction for their students."

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Evidence that specific early literacy concepts can predict young students' later reading achievement. An effective reading program would assess these different concepts.

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Assessments can help teachers develop curriculum and appropriate lessons for all students.

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Assessments can help teachers identify skills that students need extra help or review with

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Assessments allow an instructor to hone in on areas of learning that students are struggling with. Assessments are a diagnostic tool and help to make sure students are performing at expected grade level.

Do the students need to know they are being assessed?

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Assessments help teachers identify the specific areas students need additional support in and can tailor the lessons and instruction they provide going forward.

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Assessment allows the educator to see where the areas of improvement are for each student.
Is there a good way to use many forms of assessment in a classroom without it being overwhelming to keep track of?

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student improvement

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Assessments show progress and help to identify where students need extra support/ practice.

How can we make assessment more fun and engaging - thinking about the letter identification and decoding?

Also, how do we reduce stress created by timed passage reading assessments?

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Once you do an assessment, and realize you have a few students at one level, and another group of students at another level, how do you balance instruction for each group of students?

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To monitor student progress, to better instruction, to identify areas that need work and address them.

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How do I develop an assessment that is authentic in assessing students' learning? (In other words, how do I avoid turning assessments into a negative thing for students?)

Is there a way to make assessments less intimidating?

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Assessments help teachers understand where and how to help each individual student.