Assessment

I contend that students of all ages and in all educational contexts are vested with certain inalienable rights related to the assessment of their achievement and the use of their assessment results to influence their learning. Students and their families should be made aware of those rights, and educators should understand their professional responsibility to understand and protect them.

1. Students are entitled to know the purpose for each assessment in which they participate; that is, they have a right to know specifically how the results will be used and by whom.
2. Students are entitled to know and understand the learning target(s) to be reflected in the exercises and scoring guides that make up any and all assessments.
3. Students are entitled to understand the differences between good and poor performance on pending assessments and to learn to self-assess their progress toward mastery.
4. Students are entitled to dependable assessment of their achievement gathered using quality assessments.
5. Students are entitled to effective communication of their assessment results, whether those results are being delivered to them, their families, or others concerned with their academic well-being.

*Stiggins, R.J. (2014), Improve Assessment Literacy Outside of Schools Too. Phi Delta Kappan, 96(2) 67-72.

Download A Student's Bill of Assessment Rights

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• Class of 2020 Graduation Cohort Report
• Class of 2019 Graduation Cohort Report
• Class of 2018 Graduation Cohort Report
• Class of 2017 Graduation Data​
• 2018 CAASPP Summary Report
• 2018 CAASPP Presentation for SDCOE Board of Education (November 7, 2018)

​​​Data and Assessment Network meetings are held regularly to:

1. Give district administrators who are responsible for assessment, accountability, data management, and/or program evaluation timely updates on topics of interest and importance to their work; and 
2. Provide a forum for participants to explore and exchange promising practices that can inform instruction and assessment, accelerate student learning, and close achievement gaps