On January 17, 2017, the senate confirmation committee asked Betsy DeVos, President Trump's nominee for Education Secretary, how she would measure student achievement. She struggled to answer and when pressed, did not seem to know the difference between two common types of student measurements, proficiency versus growth assessment. So what is the difference between proficiency and growth, and how do Continue ReadingThe post What's All the Fuss about Proficiency versus Growth Assessment? appeared first on Romar.
