Charlotte Higuchi, third and fourth grade teacher at Farmdale Elementary School in Los Angeles, California, talks about the connection between assessment and instruction. Excerpted from the videoseries, Schools That Work: The Research Advantage, videoconference #4, Alternatives for Measuring Performance (NCREL, 1991).
(music in background--Appalachian Spring)
"Assessment and instruction are like this, and it's very important to make that connection and if you don't make that connection, then assessments really are not meaningful and don't help us at all."
This Critical Issue Summary was researched and written by Andrew Porter, director, Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
Date posted: 1995