…plan to use in the future. Active Learning Active learning stimulates students’ awareness of their own role in learning. Using classroom practices such as self-assessment and collaborative learning helps students…
…reading and writing. Though we say, “Our classrooms are inclusive spaces, and everyone has the chance to succeed,” our assessment practices indicate otherwise, which leads students to not believe us….
…with Assessment: A Community Practice Approach the authors share classroom vignettes, strategies, and resources for “going public” with literacy assessment through teacher collaboration with colleagues, with families, and with the…
…annual assessments, alternative assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, and accommodations for English language learners and Native American students. As educators, this is your opportunity to be…
…possibility that “it’s time to think outside the margins” of using now ubiquitous large-scale standardized assessment to try to understand how well our students are learning. “Perhaps the origami-frog unit…
…guidance (as opposed to punitive grading, which discourages). Publication offers students meaningful, authentic reasons for writing. Reducing the burden of constant, overwhelming teacher assessment through alternatives such as peer assessment,…
…to profit from reading “good” literature? I designed learning outcomes, assessments, and activities around academic writing, writing as a process, literacy, and critical thinking. For years, I taught using this…
…Assessment & Evaluation (Chapter 7) suggests that assessments should be kept as formative. We must remain flexible and responsive in our feedback and evaluation–especially since the innovation in the blog…
…their classrooms. For additional information on assessments and grading, visit the following position statements: Resolution on Grading Student Writing, Formative Assessment That Truly Informs Instruction, Writing Assessment: A Position Statement…
…approach, which could be pushed back (likely), seriously reconsidered, and perhaps repealed. A second initiative was to replace the Iowa Assessment Program with Smarter Balanced Assessments in the 2017-18 school…
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