How Assessment Can Improve Learning
Practices in the field of education seem to go through cycles – methodologies will become the norm then go out of fashion, only to return as the prevailing practice once again. One of these itinerant phenoms is the notion of data-driven schools, whereby success markers are incessantly quantified.
Of course the primary data marker in a school happens to be grades. So many schools in the past decade or so, have focussed on marks, failure rates, drop-out rates, staff turnover rates – basically any success marker that is quantitative.
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The school has been focussing of late on issues related to assessment, but NOT with a “data-driven” approach. Rather than focussing on how assessment can improve grades, we have deliberately chosen to focus on how assessment can improve learning. Basically, if you emphasize learning, the outcome will inevitably be better grades, but if you focus on marks the outcome is, ironically, that student grades often drop.
Land Acknowledgment
CDS wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. For thousands of years, these have been the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We also recognize the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and the Haudenosaunee peoples who also shared this land. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for these lands and waters for future generations.
School Information
13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
