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School has changed tremendously since the days of one-room school houses. Children are now a central part in the learning process, they are given personal responsibility of their education. The current thinking about assessment in classrooms is that assessment is a daily process, involving a high teacher to student communication. Numerous ideas exist on the advances and uses of assessment including the use of classroom discussion, tapping into prior knowledge, and formative assessment. These ideas culminate in the example of teacher Marilyn Burns. Burns (1995), Founder of Math Solutions Professional Development, says "I now approach assessment in an intentional way and incorporate it into every lesson" (p. 26). "Incorporating assessment into classroom discussion serves two goals: it provides insights into students' thinking, and it ensures that no student is invisible in the class, but that all are participating and working to understand and learn" (Burns, 1995, p. 29)....

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