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=As you come across great quotes, pithy statements, poignant thoughts regarding assessment, here is a space to caputure them. Please remember to record the source!=

“Far too many educators treat assessment as something that one does after the teaching and learning are over instead of seeing assessment as central to learning. “ -  Grant Wiggins

"All teachers and jurisdictions would be serving their students well if they had a similar statement in their assessment/grading philosophy." - Ken O’Connors __15 Fixes to Broken Grades__

"All students are given an equal opportunity to demonstrate what they know and can do as part of the assessment process. Adaptations ... are available for students including students with learning or physical disabilities, to allow them to demonstrate their knowledge and skills, provided that the adaptations do not jeopardize the integrity or content of the test." (Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth, 2006, p.1)

"Formative assessment is a process, not a test, although tests may be part of the process. It would not be accurate to say, 'I'm giving students a formative test.' As Popham* explains, **it is not the nature of the test that makes it formative but how the test results will be used**." (__//Becoming a Great High School//__, Westerberg, 63) * James Popham