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Article: Alternative assessment in elementary school mathematics.
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- Childhood Education
- Article date:
- June 22, 1998
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What does it mean to talk about assessing children's mathematics learning, and why is it important? Assessment allows us to collect information about children's understanding of mathematics, as well as their mathematical strengths and weaknesses. It also helps educators identify ways to improve mathematics instruction, curriculum and children's mathematics learning. Assessment is integral to teaching and learning, and it plays a major role in how and what we teach, and in how and what children learn (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 1989; Pidgeon, 1992).
Improving children's mathematics learning also requires that we consider using various ...