P6155

ST. LOUIS BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY
INSTRUCTION
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND SECONDARY
Instructional Arrangements
Class Examinations

The ultimate goal of assessment should be for students to learn by highlighting strengths, limitations, and interests. Class examinations will take place with the following purposes in mind:

To determine the achievement level of the student as a basis for planning instruction best adapted to the student's needs.

To permit evaluation of the student's strengths, weaknesses, and interests in relation to age and other factors, as a guide to instruction.

To diagnose learning difficulties.

To assist in developing reports to parents regarding the student's achievement.

To compare present achievement with past achievement in order to determine and evaluate the rate of progress.

Tests should not be given indiscriminately. Rather, each test given a student should have a specific purpose. Students must be prepared adequately for the test so that they are not handicapped by a lack of understanding of the purpose of the test or a lack of facility with the test format. It must be remembered that a test serves only as a guide. Test scores should never be used in isolation, but with other data, such as student history, teacher judgment, and comparable test scores.

Policy adopted: June 26, 1990

Revised: December 07, 1999

R6155

ST. LOUIS BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULATION
INSTRUCTION
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND SECONDARY
Instructional Arrangements
Class Examinations

The organization and supervision of an effective elementary, middle, and high school testing program shall be the direct responsibility of the principal. Tests should be part of a well-planned effort to assess the effectiveness of the instructional program through the diagnosis of learning difficulties as well as a measure of achievement. The high school principal shall assume the responsibility for keeping parents informed of the objectives and uses of the basic testing program, especially as they affect the awarding of course credit and grades.


Regulation approved: June 26, 1990

Revised: December 07, 1999

 

 
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