Assessment
Look beyond high-stakes testing to learn about different ways of assessing the full range of student ability—social, emotional, and academic achievement.
‘Proficiency Days’ Are a Great Way to End the School Year
Instead of the end-of-year rush to turn in missing assignments, this district set up a meaningful way to ensure that high school students met standards.A More Efficient and Productive Way to Conduct Math Assessments
Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.Your content has been saved!
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Individual teachers may feel like they can’t implement standards-based grading on their own, but an educator who managed it in a variety of schools over a decade explains how it can be done.Getting Rid of Zeros Won’t Fix the Grade Book
Well-meaning efforts to assess learning accurately have led some schools to set 50 as the lowest grade, but that can have negative consequences. Here’s a better solution.Representing Student Proficiency and Progress With Visual Rubrics
By creating a visual representation of students’ performance, teachers can help them make sense of their skills and areas for growth.187Your content has been saved!
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When students use a hands-on approach to track their own progress, goals, and test scores, they begin to take responsibility for their learning.
7 Smart, Fast Ways to Do Formative Assessment
Within these methods you’ll find close to 40 tools and tricks for finding out what your students know while they’re still learning.66.9kYour content has been saved!
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The Case Against Zeros in Grading
Teachers can rethink their grading practices to make them more mathematically fair for students and allow for redemption for a missed assignment.33.6kYour content has been saved!
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Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning.
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020
We reviewed hundreds of educational studies in 2020 and then highlighted 10 of the most significant—covering topics from virtual learning to the reading wars and the decline of standardized tests.24kYour content has been saved!
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From sketching comics to drafting tweets, these fun—and fast—ways to check for understanding are creative and flexible.
8 Quick Checks for Understanding
Formative assessment is a proven technique for improving student learning, and the strategies shared here by Jay McTighe work both in the classroom and remotely.17.4kYour content has been saved!
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These strategies help students see what they have learned so they believe they can be successful in school in the future.
3 Ways Student Data Can Inform Your Teaching
Gather and use valuable student data to inform your classroom practice.30.1kYour content has been saved!
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The Spatially Gifted—Our Future Architects and Engineers—Are Being Overlooked
Though they have the potential to excel in many fields, we’re neglecting a large body of students with a unique set of skills.15.2kYour content has been saved!
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