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How Single-Point Rubrics Can Help Deeper Learning

How Single-Point Rubrics Can Help Deeper Learning

How Single-Point Rubrics Can Help Deeper Learning by Drew Perkins, Director of ThoughtStretchers Education Developing and using rubrics with students has long been a challenge for educators. Sometimes it’s an afterthought for teachers once they’ve planned...
3 Ways To Get High Quality Student Work

3 Ways To Get High Quality Student Work

Lessons Learned On The Journey To High Quality Student Work (Part 1) by Eric White, ThoughtStretchers Education Workshop Facilitator *this blog is part 1 of 2 ( (read part 2 here) While educators have differing philosophies on how students best learn, one statement I...
Shifting Your Assessments To Grow Higher-Level Thinking

Shifting Your Assessments To Grow Higher-Level Thinking

As a new principal, I sat at my desk reviewing classroom assessments and I dropped my head in dismay.

It was no wonder our students were receiving high marks on classroom assessments—almost all the questions required students to recall memorized information. However, our state assessment and content standards demanded higher levels of thinking. Due to this misalignment, our school results on the state assessment were expectedly low.

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