Why Should Effective Assessment Identify Student Strengths

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why should effective assessment identify student strengths?

• A) Grade assignment should always be based on strengths.
• B) A student's literacy develops by doing what he/she already knows while getting support in learning new strategies and techniques.
• C) If we know a student's strengths, we can ignore them and focus on weaknesses.
• D) Students should never be asked to do anything they don't already know how to do.

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