Assessment

This school has identified core instructional practices and conducts regular walk-throughs for teachers to observe their peers’ lessons—then designs targeted professional development so every classroom can get aligned.

Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.

When homework is meaningful and contributes to their learning, students are more likely to complete it.

From sketching comics to drafting tweets, these fun—and fast—ways to check for understanding are creative and flexible.

Creating clear boundaries around when students can submit assignments after the due date can boost morale for everyone.

Verbal participation in discussions is a tried-and-true formative assessment, but it can also be rubric-based and summative.

What to do about a 100-point grading system with a troubling history—and inherent flaws that carry over into the present day.

Sometimes mixing in formative assessments that go a step beyond exit slips and low-stakes quizzes can inject some fun—and creativity—into learning.

Teachers can set fair boundaries on retakes to emphasize skill building without creating an unmanageable workload for themselves.

A desire for fairness and uniformity in grading prompted one district to make a big change.