Glossary

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Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students’ achievement of intended instructional outcomes.

Each performance expectation is three-dimensional, integrating elements from a practice, DCI, and CCC. These elements, which create the foundation for each PE, are listed in what are called foundation boxes underneath the PE in the architecture of the standards.