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Board members, teachers press district on state progress monitoring and local VBAs
Summary
At the Aug. 12 workshop Volusia leaders described local progress monitoring (VBAs) and fielded questions about the specificity and instructional usefulness of state progress monitoring assessments.
Volusia County School District leaders defended the districts intensive progress-monitoring system at an Aug. 12 workshop while acknowledging teacher concerns about assessment specificity and instructional time. Board members and staff discussed Volusia Benchmark Assessments (VBAs), state Progress Monitoring (PM) instruments and how assessment data is used to change instruction in real time. Board member questions focused on whether the…
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