I look at the two assessments as serving completely different purposes. The assessment that you complete in the fall is part of getting to know your students. Regardless of when a child enters my room, I want to do an assessment so that I can plan instruction. You learn so much more from watching a student and interacting with them than you can from just reading someone else's assessment. So, even if you didn't have to take into account a gain/loss over the summer, you want to make sure that you are personally assessing them. The spring assessment lets me know how effective my instruction was as well as how much a child has grown. Same assessment, but serving two completely different purposes. Suzanne
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