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 * Main Ideas:**


 * There are four researched based findings regarding effective classroom assessment
 * 1) Classroom assessment feedback should provide students with a clear picture of their progress on learning goals and ho they might improve.
 * 2) Feedback on classroom assessements should encourange students to improve
 * 3) Classroom assessment should be formative
 * 4) Formative classroom asessments should be frequent
 * A five-step process can be followed in designing a comprehensive system of classroom assessment
 * 1) Reconstitute state and national standards
 * 2) Design a scale that measures learning over time, and rewrite the standards according to scale
 * 3) Teachers design formal and informal formative assessments using scale.
 * 4) Use a "value added" approach to judgeing student performance.
 * 5) Redesign report cards.