Assessment
Look beyond high-stakes testing to learn about different ways of assessing the full range of student ability—social, emotional, and academic achievement.
Podcast: How to Use Formative Assessment Like an Expert Teacher
A powerful tool for gauging student understanding mid-lesson, low-stakes micro-assessments help teachers decide when to reteach and when to keep moving.
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Go to My Saved Content.A More Efficient and Productive Way to Conduct Math Assessments
Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Easy Ways to Have Students Review Material Frequently
Students retain information better when they have consistent opportunities to engage with previously taught content.
7 Smart, Fast Ways to Do Formative Assessment
Within these methods you’ll find close to 40 tools and tricks for finding out what your students know while they’re still learning.1.3MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Encouraging Students to Own Their Academic Growth
When students use a hands-on approach to track their own progress, goals, and test scores, they begin to take responsibility for their learning.How to Really Prepare Students for State Tests
A high school teacher uses her state’s testing blueprint to give students practice with the standards and question types they’ll encounter most frequently.
The Case Against Zeros in Grading
Teachers can rethink their grading practices to make them more mathematically fair for students and allow for redemption for a missed assignment.662.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Proven Benefits of Grading Less
By shifting their focus from letter grades to meaningful feedback, teachers can unlock deeper learning, foster motivation, and minimize bias in the classroom.60-Second Strategy: One Word, One Sentence
When time is short, this 2-minute closing activity gives students a chance to reflect and make meaning, and teachers an opportunity to assess how the lesson went.69.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Getting Rid of Zeros Won’t Fix the Grade Book
Well-meaning efforts to assess learning accurately have led some schools to set 50 as the lowest grade, but that can have negative consequences. Here’s a better solution.AI Isn’t the Main Problem—It Just Shows Us What That Problem Is
Students are chasing points and grades because that’s what the education system prioritizes, but we can guide them to focus on learning.
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020
We reviewed hundreds of educational studies in 2020 and then highlighted 10 of the most significant—covering topics from virtual learning to the reading wars and the decline of standardized tests.477.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Develop Test-Ready Students
There’s a difference between teaching to the test and developing test-specific thinking that will help students effectively apply what they’ve learned all year.Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning.
8 Quick Checks for Understanding
Formative assessment is a proven technique for improving student learning, and the strategies shared here by Jay McTighe work both in the classroom and remotely.344.2kYour content has been saved!
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