The theme of how schools use achievement results from INVALSI standardized tests on students’ learning represents a crucial point in relation to the implementation of the census National System of Evaluation that provides that all the schools of the Italian educational system must do self-assessment by following objective criteria. The aim of the present article is to show what kind of information are provided to schools by INVALSI standardized test, and to explain how those information can be elaborated, analyzed and interpreted by the school community. After showing the main innovative aspects that characterized the restitution of the achievement results from the national tests to schools, the article deepens some analysis at school and classroom levels that teachers can do by using results from INVALSI standardized tests towards an evaluation based on evidence and compared with reliable benchmarks.
Keywords: Assessment of Learning, Self-Evaluation, Large Scale Survey, Evaluation Use