How do we know if our students are learning? Alaska’s assessment system is an important part of the answer.
Assessment is a tool for measuring what students know and what they can do. Alaska’s assessment system shows how knowledgeable a student is on a particular area or subject according to Alaska’s educational standards. Assessment is part of providing an excellent education for every student every day.
Statewide assessment ensures that families, teachers, administrators, and community leaders can see how students perform across the state. The information gathered from assessments helps guide policy decisions, curriculum selection, professional learning for teachers and staff, instructional decisions, and parent support recommendations. DEED is dedicated to providing effective, accessible, and equitable assessment to best serve the needs of all Alaska’s students.
To identify, record, and summarize the skills and behaviors students demonstrate upon entry to school, based on teacher observations.
The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development announced it has selected mCLASS from Amplify as the statewide literacy screener that will help with the early identification of students with reading deficiencies in order to provide specific support so that...