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Re:Topic 2: Discussion Question 2 What role do assessments play in the teaching and learning cycle? Is there any truth to students being "over-assessed"? Teaching has one purpose and that is to foster understanding and learning over a certain period of time concerning what students are learning. For years teachers have been teaching lesson and assessing students thinking for evidence of understanding what is being taught. This has always been my understanding of the teaching and learning cycle. The role of assessment in the teaching and learning cycle, I think that teachers need to grade their students on what they are learning and what is being taught in their classrooms. When teachers give a student's grade to evaluate them on what they