Activities Occurring During Instruction
(a) Monitoring pupil progress toward instructional goals;
(b) identifying gains and difficulties pupils are experiencing in learning and performing;
(c) adjusting instruction;
(d) giving contingent, specific, and credible praise and feedback;
(e) motivating students to learn; and
(f) judging the extent of pupil attainment of instructional outcomes.
Activities Occurring After The Appropriate Instructional Segment (e.g. lesson, class, semester, grade)
(a) Describing the extent to which each pupil has attained both short- and long-term instructional goals;
(b) communicating strengths and weaknesses based on assessment results to students, and parents or guardians;
(c) recording and reporting assessment results for school-level analysis, evaluation, and decision-making;
(d) analyzing assessment information gathered before and during instruction to understand each students' progress to date and to inform future instructional planning;
(e) evaluating the effectiveness of instruction; and
(f) evaluating the effectiveness of the curriculum and materials in use.
Activities Associated With a Teacher's Involvement in School Building and School District Decision-Making
(a) Serving on a school or district committee examining the school's and district's strengths and weaknesses in the development of its students;
(b) working on the development or selection of assessment methods for school building or school district use;
(c) evaluating school district curriculum; and
(d) other related activities.
Activities Associated With a Teacher's Involvement in a Wider Community of Educators
(a) Serving on a state committee asked to develop learning goals and associated assessment methods;
(b) participating in reviews of the appropriateness of district, state, or national student goals and associated assessment methods; and
(c) interpreting the results of state and national student assessment programs.