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10 Ways Data Can Sabotage Your Teaching

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...

A Letter Grade Isn’t A Letter Grade: Why We Should Stop Averaging Scores

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...

32 Characteristics Of The Perfect Test

Jul 20, 2018 | Assessment

The Perfect Assessment by Terry Heick Nothing 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...

7 Key Characteristics Of Better Learning Feedback

Jun 28, 2018 | Assessment

7 Key Characteristics Of Better Learning Feedback 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...

27 Teacher Actions That Help Promote Valid Assessment Data

Apr 3, 2018 | Assessment

27 Teacher Actions That Help Promote Valid Assessment Databy TeachThought StaffThere is often talk about assessment–its forms, frequency, and the integration of gleaned data to revise planned instruction. Formative versus assessment, rigor, and the evasive...

The Definition Of Authentic Assessment For Learning

Mar 30, 2018 | Assessment

What Does Authentic Assessment Look Like In The Classroom? 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...