…perspective encourages teachers to use systematic observations to understand students as literate individuals. This perspective contrasts with a prescriptive lens to assessment, supported by standardized assessments, designed to prescribe labels…
…Responsive Assessment Practices, Assessing Linguistically Diverse Students and The Biographic Biliteracy Profile. With the move to online instruction, we offered resources such as Shifting Assessment “Home” and Assessment Stories on…
…power of these critical assessment acts. The NCTE Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing highlight the essential role of teachers in assessment: Standard 2 asserts, “The teacher is…
…the goals of standards and assessments. Lots of money—lots of money—is going toward new assessments and assessment systems in our district, as I imagine it is elsewhere. How much more…
This post was contributed by the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. We’ve been writing here about ways to change the conversation about literacy assessment since August, but we…
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Assessment This blog was written by Bobbie Kabuto, a member of the NCTE Standing Committee on Assessment. My interest in changing the…
…assessment” and “the primary purpose of assessment is to improve teaching and learning.” If neither of these conditions is in place, then our assessment efforts will not bear fruit. One…
…had to “play the game” rather than “do what’s right for kids,” amounting to “educational malpractice.” These teachers certainly aren’t opposed to assessment. Formative assessment is integral to their practice….
…processes. I recently sat with a group of teachers discussing their students as writers. The assessment coordinator provided them with charts summarizing the test scores from a commercial writing assessment…
…assessment and growth? #nctechat Promoting Student Self-Assessment http://ow.ly/J58BE Fostering High-Quality Formative Assessment http://ow.ly/J5Svd Assessing Student Interests and Strengths http://ow.ly/J58ux Q4: How do formative and summative assessment work together in your…
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