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Teaching, Testing, and Time: Educator Voices on Improving Assessment in Tennessee

September 15, 2015

Assessments play an important role in school improvement practices, providing stakeholders with important information about students’ academic performance and growth during a school year. Data from assessments allow parents to recognize when students are making progress and when students’ academic needs are not being met. Such data allow educators to intervene early with students who are behind and to push higher-achieving students to perform at even higher levels.