Jun 12, 2017 | Assessment
27 Simple Ways To Check For UnderstandingChecking for understanding is the foundation of teaching.Whether you’re using formative assessment for data to personalize learning within a unit, or more summative data to refine a curriculum map, the ability to quickly and...
May 26, 2017 | Assessment
How I Eliminated (Almost) All Grading Problems In My Classroom by Terry Heick Grading is one of the most urgent bugaboos of good teaching. It can take an extraordinary amount of time. It can also demoralize students, get them in trouble at home, or keep them from...
May 14, 2017 | Assessment
How Student Work Models Make Rubrics More Effective by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education It was not that long ago when I did a workshop where the staff from the Dodge Foundation (who were funding my work at the time) took me aside at the break because they were...
Apr 28, 2017 | Assessment
This Is What Understanding Looks Like by Terry Heick Grow with >> TeachThought PD Assessment Workshops Testing is a major challenge in education. Agreeing on what’s to be tested and how it’s to be administered is a matter of much debate. It’s also a big...
Apr 19, 2017 | Assessment
12 Alternatives To Letter Grades In Education by Terry Heick Ed note: This post was originally published in November of 2012 and has been updated several times, most recently in December of 2018 with updated links, language, and imagery Few artifacts of formal...
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