Benefits

Students

Provides specific and timely feedback designed to support student learning
Builds efficacy by bringing students into the processing of their own learning
Promotes goal-setting by involving students in the learning process
Provides students with opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge and skills
Promotes partnering with teacher (e.g., one-to-one conferencing)
Ensures that follow-up instruction is meaningful and aligns with student learning expectations

Promotes teaching and collaboration with students, parents/guardians, and others
Provides immediate access to diagnostic reports about student strengths and areas of need
Promotes teacher understanding of student strengths and areas of need throughout the year
Allows monitoring of student achievement to guide ongoing planning and instruction
Guides individual as well as flexible grouping of students to target instruction
Provides immediate access to SAS resources to support whole and small group and individual instruction
Provides opportunities for teachers to reflect, collaborate, and match instruction to student need

Defines an assessment resource to teachers to provide diagnostic information in order to guide instruction and provide support to students and teachers
Promotes shared leadership to encourage the CDT administration as part of the school culture
Informs the design of future professional development for all faculty and within the Induction Plan for mentoring of new teachers
Allows immediate access to student reports

Promotes collaboration with students, teachers, and others
Promotes conversation and understanding regarding student strengths and areas of need throughout the year
Provides the opportunity to view and understand their student’s achievement in a visual representation
Provides access to information linked to SAS resources to support their student’s learning at home
Enhances the partnership among the student, teacher, and parents/guardians