Reliable assessment of student learning in the classroom requires:

Question 19 options:

A onetime summative assessment (e.g. final exam) at the end of the year

Multiple sources of evidence

Assessment results to reflect a bell shaped curve in terms of performance

That students in special education be excluded from analysis of the assessment results.

1 answer

The most reliable option for assessing student learning in the classroom is:

Multiple sources of evidence.

This approach involves using various assessments (formative, summative, performance tasks, etc.) to get a comprehensive understanding of student learning and progress, rather than relying on a single assessment or excluding certain students from the analysis.