Insights from edTPA Implementation
Like any significant change to a major system, edTPA (a new performance-based assessment for licensing teachers) presents challenges and tensions for those who must accommodate this change. Those tensions were…
Search Results for Assessment
Where’s the “We” in Assessment?
…webinar a group of NCTE educators discusses student work from this year’s National Day on Writing and what questions it raises about assessment. The big one: How are we assessing…
K-12 Standardized Assessment – the View from College
We’ve been asking educators from all grade levels to share their stories and thoughts about assessment. Our responses span a wide spectrum, but in one arena the message from the…
Twitter as an Advocacy Tool
…number of students lacking economic opportunities #literacyadvocacy @Representative: Fund research on assessments that are proven effective; give states & localities flexibility to implement #literacyadvocacy @Representative: Fund research on effective assessments:…
A Common Language for Responding to Writing
The following is a response to the Assessment Story Project we got from Matt, a college educator. He’s addressing the question: What assessments–other than standardized tests–might we design to ensure…
Process and Professionalism
…student is making two important points. First, she only has limited time for school. Accordingly, she will edit one time using my assessment (and peer assessment). It’s an open-admissions school,…
Transnational Parents as Biliteracy Observers to Support Literacy Education
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by NCTE member Idalia Nuñez, a member of the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. Biliteracy…
Are My Students Okay?
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. This post was written by NCTE member Eric D. Turley, a member of the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. Note:…
The Opt-Out Movement
…such as Formative Assessment that Truly Informs Instruction, NCTE is working hard to improve assessments and educational policy through research and practice. Advocating for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary…
The Magic of One-Pagers
…I began to think of a different way to assess reading comprehension. I wondered what else I could use as an assessment that wasn’t an essay, constructed response, quiz, or…
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