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To benefit teacher and student by knowledge if what they know

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To benefit teacher and student by knowledge if what they know

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Assessment shows the students prior knowledge and where they need to be at the end of the year. 

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Assessment shows the students prior knowledge and where they need to be at the end of the year. 

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Can help students activate prior knowledge

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Can help students activate prior knowledge

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It allows me to see where I need to begin and it helps them not to feel lost.

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We can determine by assessing the students how to teach the content in a way they can understand the content in a way they learn best.

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To know their prior knowledge and where to start from there

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Helps teachers know where to start and where to take the next step

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It allows the teacher to know what direction to take the lesson.  For the student if allows them to see how this will be used later on in class or down the road.

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It allows the teacher to know what direction to take the lesson.  For the student if allows them to see how this will be used later on in class or down the road.

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The teacher will know what previous knowledge the students actually remember, allowing the teacher to save time by not going back over topics that the students already know.

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The teacher will know what previous knowledge the students actually remember, allowing the teacher to save time by not going back over topics that the students already know.

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To know what has been learned already, what needs to be brought back to remembrance, and what needs to be taught explicitly.

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To know what has been learned already, what needs to be brought back to remembrance, and what needs to be taught explicitly.

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It is important to pre-assess so that you can close any learning gaps the students may have. It will also help the student know where they are at in relation to the objective. It helps them take ownership.

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This is a necessary step for us to assess their background knowledge so that we will effectively and efficiently design our lessons. 

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This is a necessary step for us to assess their background knowledge so that we will effectively and efficiently design our lessons. 

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It’s important for the students so that I have a realistic picture of their current knowledge. They then have ownership of their learning.

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By assessing before the learning takes place allows you to monitor and adjust your instruction.

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Assessment prior to learning allows the teacher to see exactly where the students are at, and allows the students a reminder on something they were probably already taught.

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It's important because you want to know what your students are thinking and if there are already misconceptions that are built. You will want to squash those. It's important for the student to have a pre-assessment so that they can see where they need to go to be successful!

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This allows teachers to see what students already know and what misconceptions they might already have.

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This allows teachers to see what students already know and what misconceptions they might already have.

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It allows the teacher data on what the students already know. It gives the students an opportunity to access their prior knowledge and see what they will be learning about in the future.

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You can see what the students already know and use that knowledge for your instruction

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You can see what the students already know and use that knowledge for your instruction

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Assessment before learning is important because it lets the teacher know where the students are on the subject. If the students are already strong on this subject, they might get bored and stop learning. Or on the other side they might now remember as much as they thought they did.

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Although we may use our vertically alignment tools prior to the lesson, our students may not always come to us on grade level or maybe they are above. Assessment gives us a clearer pictures to where our students are prior to the lesson.

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Assessment before learning allows the teacher to understand what students already know about the topic/concept. This also allows students to access their background knowledge of the topic/concept. 

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Assessment before learning allows the teacher to understand what students already know about the topic/concept. This also allows students to access their background knowledge of the topic/concept. 

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Assessing students before learning is important so you can plan to the rigor of your students. You are able to know how much scaffolding is needed. You are able to differentiate for students as well.