RELEVANCE OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT Black and William (1998) use the metaphor of the classroom as a "black box " to describe what the public, school administrators, and the media often focus on regarding assessment. In this model, inputs (e.g., curriculum requirements) go into the black box and outputs (e.g., test results) come out. There is often little attention paid to whether the students actually understand the concepts, but rather whether they can pass the tests. In contrast, continuous assessment uses the black box of the classroom as the site for an ongoing inquiry into what and how t...

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