Using Classroom Assessment toChange

Using Classroom Assessment to
Change Both Teaching and Learning
Mimi Steadman
Those who have used Classroom Assessment over the past several years are
confident about one thing: Classroom Assessment is good for both teachers
and students. As a feedback strategy that provides teachers with data on teaching
effectiveness and student comprehension, Classroom Assessment also
involves students in active mental processing of new information and makes
them more aware of themselves as learners. Classroom Assessment (Angelo
and Cross, 1993; Cross and Angelo, 1988) is an educational innovation that
unites efforts to improve both teaching and learning.