Jan 21, 2019 | Assessment, Teaching
contributed by Heather M. StockerIt’s like looking at a photograph where only a small bit of the picture is discernible, but you can’t tell that what you’re actually looking at.This is what happens when students turn in incomplete assignments. Incomplete assignments...
Sep 3, 2018 | Assessment, Teaching
10 Ways Data Can Sabotage Your Teachingby Terry HeickFor professional development around developing data and assessment, contact us today.Functionally, the purpose of assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction.In seeing what a student understands, the...
Aug 30, 2018 | Assessment
A Letter Grade Isn’t A Letter Grade: Why We Should Stop Averaging Scoresby Terry HeickQuick preface: Any argument rests on premises and terms, and so clarifying those premises and terms and related underlying assumptions is necessary if that argument is to be entirely...
Jul 20, 2018 | Assessment
The Perfect Assessmentby Terry HeickNothing is perfect, but we can dream. So let’s dream about assessment.First, what is an assessment? A measurement? A snapshot? A kind of bar for students to clear? In most important, I theorized that “the benefit of...
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