HERE'S WHY

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Common Formative Assessments:

1. promote efficiency for teachers.

2. promote equity for students.

3. represent a powerful strategy for determining whether the guaranteed curriculum is being taught and learned.

4. inform the practice of individual teachers.

5. build a team's capacity to achieve its goals.

6. facilitate a systematic, collective response to students are experiencing difficulty.

7. are one of the most powerful tools for changing the professional practice of educators.

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Click below to read current research on why PLCs should use common and formative assessments.