Focused Assessment: Enriching the Instructional Cycle (Teaching in Focus)

Focused Assessment: Enriching the Instructional Cycle uses a research-based design that promotes an ongoing check for understanding throughout the learning process. The focused assessment model teaches the use of purposeful and relevant assessment, from preassessment to the completion of a final student product. It involves students in the process of gaining a clear understanding of their skill and knowledge proficiency and takes into account different learning styles, so that students may demonstrate evidence of competence in ways that make sense to them. Lastly, focused assessment is a consistent reflection of content standards the objectives that were actually taught and student data. Focused Assessment takes the educator through a systematic process that embraces the concept of assessment for learning. It provides customizations that enable all learners to demonstrate proficiency according to their readiness level.