STUDENT SELF-ASSESSMENT: The Key to Stronger Student Motivation and Higher Achievement

In the current era of standards-based education, student self-assessment stands alone in its promise of improved student motivation and engagement, and learning. Correctly implemented, student self-assessment can promote intrinsic motivation, internally controlled effort, a mastery goal orientation, and more meaningful learning. Its powerful impact on student performance-- in both classroom assessments and large-scale accountability assessments-- empowers students to guide their own learning and internalize the criteria for judging success.