Excerpt 2: Approach to Assessment in "A Story of Units" (Pages 12-14)

Description: A guide to implementing the EngageNY mathematics curriculum in the elementary grades. Assessments provide an opportunity for students to show their learning accomplishments in addition to offering students a pathway to monitor their progress, celebrate successes, examine mistakes, uncover misconceptions, and engage in self-reflection and analysis. Furthermore, the data collected as a result of the assessments represent an invaluable tool in the hands of teachers and provides them with specific data about student understanding to direct their instruction.