Why Should Effective Assessment Identify Student Strengths

Multiple Choice

Why should effective assessment identify student strengths?

A) Grade assignment should always be based on strengths.
B) A student's literacy develops by doing what he/she already knows while getting support in learning new strategies and techniques.
C) If we know a student's strengths, we can ignore them and focus on weaknesses.
D) Students should never be asked to do anything they don't already know how to do.