What is a parent's role?

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Parents need to know about key assessment issues. Such knowledge can help parents gain perspective on their child’s learning needs and their role as parents. It can help parents bring awareness and a critical eye to assessment results, from the classroom to the nation. It can affirm that more than one "data point" is needed to accurately assess learning progress and that it is important to know what a specific test is designed to measure.

A better understanding of assessment can also help parents analyze and adjust their own "parenting styles" to help their children achieve. Within the context of community and society, understanding quality assessment approaches can be of particular value to activist parents, school board members, and other education advocates.