Coursework Example: Raising Student Achievement and the Strategies Used to Assess That Achievement

Strategies for student achievement have a beneficial impact on raising the performance of school students. Studies show that assessment helps the students to yield good results, more so among the low achieving students (Grossman et al., 2013). The assessment shows the students that underperformance is not innate and academic improvements can be realized through adhering to the targeted changes. Additionally, assessments enhance the use of guided instructions that are directly linked to the increased performance of students (Grossman et al., 2013).

References

Griffin, P., & Care, E. (Eds.). (2014). Assessment and teaching of 21st century skills: Methods and approach. Springer.

Grossman, P., Loeb, S., Cohen, J., & Wyckoff, J. (2013). Measure for measure: The relationship between measures of instructional practice in middle school English language arts and teachers value-added scores. American Journal of Education, 119(3), 445-470.

Woods, A., Dooley, K., Luke, A., & Exley, B. (2014). School leadership, literacy and social justice: The place of local school curriculum planning and reform. In International handbook of educational leadership and social (in) justice (pp. 509-520). Springer Netherlands.