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Interim Assessment Practices and Avenues for State Involvement

To help describe the range of recent practice in the use of "interim assessments" (medium-scale, medium cycle assessments), this study employed a case-study approach. This report profiles seven jurisdictions that administer or facilitate the use of what is termed interim assessments, with a particular lens for policies and practices that appear to be effective -- or, at least innovative -- for state and local educational agencies. An important component of this paper is a section that clarifies the distinctions between summative, interim or benchmark, and formative assessments.

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