Mar 30, 2018 | Assessment
Characteristics Of Authentic Assessment by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. Grant was tremendously influential on TeachThought’s approach to education, and we were lucky enough for him to contribute his content to...
Mar 10, 2018 | Assessment, Shift
Learning Outcomes: The Cost Of Insisting What A Student Will Understand by Terry Heick Preface: The point of this article is not that Outcomes-Based Learning—and its desire to predict learning outcomes—is ‘bad.’ It’s frustrating when new ideas or...
Feb 20, 2018 | Assessment
How To Design A 21st Century Assessmentby Mike FisherContemporary curriculum design involves multiple facets: engaging 21st Century skills, using digital tools, collaborating with others around the globe, performance tasks, and more. Getting these design elements into...
Jan 30, 2018 | Assessment
7 Mistakes That Quality Assessments Avoidcontributed by Daniel R. Venables, Founding Director of the Center for Authentic PLCsThis post has been updated with additional resources and republishedIt’s that time of the school year when teachers are facing writing their...
Jan 18, 2018 | Assessment
The Assessment Range: Using Data In The Classroom To Meaningfully Affect Learningby Terry HeickIf you don’t already have a plan for the data before giving the assessment, you’re already behind.Among the challenges of assessment, this concept–as it...
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