Implementing the Assessment Standards for School Mathematics: Re: Alignment

The Assessment Standards for School Mathematics defines assessment as “the process of gathering evidence about a student's knowledge of, ability to use, and disposition toward mathematics and of making inferences from that evidence for a variety of purposes” (NCTM 1995, 3). Teachers’ responsibilities for assessment traditionally involved judging students’ performance throughout instruction and judging students’ knowledge and competence at crucial points during a term. Teachers gave tests and computed grades. These responsibilities have