Category Archives: Student Assessment

FSAs - The on-going battle

January 21, 2010 – 9:58 pm

While I have an opinion about assessment in general and the FSAs in particular, I have hesitated to write much about it this year. (I’ve written about FSAs in the past and I may post an article or two if there is interest)
My reason for hesitating is simple.  I do not believe this issue is, at its root, about FSAs at all. 

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Student Assessment - Getting beyond the rhetoric and sound bytes

January 6, 2010 – 4:45 pm

Today, BCCPAC published a parents guide to the FSA (Foundation Skill Assessment) tests.  It was put together by a committee in response to an AGM motion.  I think the committee has done a good job of presenting a factual, non partisan information sheet. It’s a complicated subject and deserves more attention from parents than some of the political sound bytes might suggest.
BCCPAC’s information sheet can be found here.
Cathy Abraham and Joyce Gram’s guide to student assessment in BC can be found here.

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