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...
Oct 25, 2017 | Assessment
By Grant WigginsBelow, find thirteen examples of how teachers have made feedback (as opposed to advice and evaluation) more central to their work with students:1. In a welding class, the teacher gives students a performance task. The work is done when it is ‘up to...
Oct 25, 2017 | Assessment
20 Ways To Provide Effective Feedback For Learningcontributed by Laura ReynoldsWhile assessment gets all the press, it is feedback for learning that can transform a student’s learning.When feedback is predominately negative, studies have shown that it can...
Aug 29, 2017 | Assessment
by TeachThought Staff For in-person professional development from TeachThought on reflection in learning or any other topic your school or district might need, contact us today. There are great books about assessment (Tomlinson’s on assessment in the differentiated...
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