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As schools approach the fall, there is an emerging debate about whether diagnostic assessments will hurt or help students as they recover from trauma and learning loss. This report seems to weigh in on that debate: High-quality assessments with clear purpose can help, and ill-designed ones with no clear purpose can harm. To make the most of results, the authors stress focusing on professional development so teachers can interpret the data and let it guide their instruction beginning in the fall.
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