One of the primary purposes of assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction. Without a sense of purpose for the data, assessment can do more harm than good.
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34 Strategies For The Stages Of Assessment: Before, During & After Read More
Mia MacMeekin’s graphic offers 34 strategies for all of the stages of assessment –before, during, and after.
The Thing About Homework Read More
Ideally, assigned homework should be less frequent and hopefully more personalized to the needs of the student and their ongoing work and growth.
How Student Work Models Make Rubrics More Effective Read More
Without models of student work to validate and ground them, rubrics are often too vague for students to be useful.
6 Questions About John Hattie’s Meta-analyses: The Big Picture Of Data Read More
What if a teaching strategy improves test scores but stifles creativity and ambition? Is that still a ‘win’?
Paper-Based Or Computer-Based Testing? Read More
As a digital shift continues, it’s easy to assume that computer-based tests are the future; however, paper tests shouldn’t be forgotten yet.
3 Tips To Help Prepare Your Student For A Test Read More
Here are a few tips to prepare your students to become successful when they have to endure a standardized test.
15 Simple Tips To Keep Your Sanity During Testing Read More
15 Ways To Make Testing Fun–Or At Least To Keep Your Sanity While It’s Happening Let’s get through this together. In most
Maybe Testing Isn’t The Problem After All Read More
Maybe Testing Isn’t The Problem After All by Jessica Moore, 5th Grade Teacher After four years and hundreds of millions