Classroom Compass, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring 1996): Assessment: A Window to Learning

Classroom Compass is a collection of ideas, activities, and resources, for teachers interested in improving instruction in science and mathematics. This issue features Assessment: A Window to Learning, an examination of assessment as an integral part of the learning cycle.

 

One activity, Thinking Aloud About Mathematics, provides an innovative idea for assessing student learning in a high school mathematics classroom. Excerpts from the National Science Education Standards and Assessment Standards for School Mathematics accompany the activity. A resource list, Classroom Assessment, completes the issue.