Performance Zone 12

BAM is a communication model.  Its strongest attribute is that it provides teachers an opportunity to share their knowledge, understanding, skills, experiences, and resources with each other.   Teachers can communicate knowledge, model successful strategies, and share accommodations that help students succeed.  BAM also provides all teachers opportunities to reexamine and reflect upon their own practices.  There are two basic concepts associated with BAM. The first is testing drives instruction, and the second is that teachers make a difference yet teachers collaborating make a greater difference.  These balanced assessments, constructed by teachers, help us gain rich and in-depth information about what our students have mastered and what they still need to learn.  When assessment questions are asked with the same rigor and formality as high stake tests, then students should be successful on any assessment