CONSISTENCY IN CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT

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The Ontario Ministry of Education views the consistent application of classroom assessment practices as being of critical importance to fostering student success in Ontario schools. This manual, “Consistency in Classroom Assessment – Support Materials for Educators”, has been developed with the purpose of providing suggestions to maintain and further improve consistency in the classroom assessment of students.
The support materials reflected in this manual are intended for the use of a broad cross-section of Ontario educators. Furthermore these support materials have been developed using sound and relevant research and are informed by feedback from educators and students gathered in a series of focus groups held across the province.
This manual contains:
• a summary of relevant research on the topic of consistency in student assessment
• suggestions for teachers on improving consistency in classroom assessment
• suggestions for principals on improving assessment consistency among teachers
• suggestions for supervisory officers on improving consistency among schools
• suggestions to improve consistency of assessment in the final year of secondary
school
The manual is not a review of specific practices and suggestions that are found in companion documents such as “Policy to Practice”. Instead, this manual is designed to be an “active document” which will be used frequently to provide teachers, principals and supervisoryoffice rs with practical, relevant suggestions in promoting student success by the use and application of consistent and fair assessment practices.
Finally, this manual is intended to engage educators in a meaningful and healthy conversation on the importance of consistent classroom assessment and how as an Ontario educational community, we can further enrich the classroom experience for our students.