NDE1031: NEPF Instructional Practice/ Educator Microcredential 5/5: IP Standard 5

This microcredential focuses on the implementation of the NEPF Teacher Instructional Practice Standard 5 - Assessment Is Integrated into Instruction. Instructional Practice Standard 5 outlines the need for teachers to integrate assessment into instruction to support student learning. Teachers must plan on-going learning opportunities based on evidence of all students’ current learning status, align assessment opportunities with learning goals and performance criteria, structure opportunities to generate evidence of learning during the lesson for all students, and adapt actions based on evidence generated in the lesson. Integrating assessment and instruction provides the needed platform towards closing the gap between instruction and learning since it brings together the teacher and students to be both responsible for learning (Kesianye, 2015).