One of the primary purposes of assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction. Without a sense of purpose for the data, assessment can do more harm than good.
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60 Non-Threatening Formative Assessment Techniques by TeachThought Staff As frequently as a chef needs to check a sauce for taste, teachers should check for understanding. These can be formal--formative or ...
18 Inconvenient Truths About Assessment by Terry Heick For in-person professional development from TeachThought on effective assessment (or any other topic your school or district might need), contact us today. ...
8 Common Sources Of Formative Assessment Data contributed by Daniel R. Venables, Founder of Center for Authentic PLCs This post has been updated from publishing Teachers look at data for one reason: ...
What Is eduCLIMBER? A Tool To Organize Student Data Once And For All by TeachThought Staff This post is sponsored by Illuminate Education, a platform designed to organize actionable data that allows ...
20 Ways To Provide Effective Feedback For Learning contributed by Laura Reynolds While assessment gets all the press, it is feedback for learning that can transform a student's learning. When ...
Data-Driven Teaching? The Unit Isn't Doing You Any Favors by Terry Heick It’s been a great run. We’ve had some great times, and done some cool things we’ll never forget. Like that ...
The Most Important Question Every Assessment Should Answer by Terry Heick The difference between assessment of learning and assessment for learning is a crucial one, in many ways indicative of ...
The Difference Between Assessment Of Learning And Assessment For Learning by Terry Heick What is the difference between assessment of learning and assessment for learning? It boils down to purpose. ...
50 Ways To Measure Understanding by Terry Heick How do you measure what a student understands? Not give them an assessment, score it, then use that score to imply understanding. ...
10 Ways Data Can Sabotage Your Teaching by Terry Heick For professional development around developing data and assessment, contact us today. How do you use data in your teaching? Or assessment? ...
image attribution flickr user flickeringbrad How I Use Video For Assessment In My Classroom contributed by Steve Wheeler, Learning Innovations Consultant I have always believed that assessment ...
Stop Praising Student Work. Be Specific Instead. contributed by Paul Moss We all know that time demands on teachers seem to be ever-growing. Sometimes I feel I must be working ...
7 Easy Ways To Assess Without Testing contributed by Steve Wheeler, Learning Innovations Consultant Children don't learn any more or any better because of standardized testing unless there is feedback on ...
6 New Google Form Features To Make It A Better Tool For Teachers by TeachThought Staff In 50 Ways Google Can Help You Become A Better Teacher, we took a look ...
The Perfect Test: 32 Characteristics Of Quality Assessment by Terry Heick Nothing is perfect, but we can dream. So let's dream about assessment. What Is An Assessment? First, what is ...
100 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know contributed by Ryan Schaaf, Notre Dame of Maryland University This has been updated and republished from a previous version When ...
How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn contributed by Justin Chando To tell a student ‘great job’ or ‘this needs work’ is a missed opportunity. Everyone loves to ...
The TeachThought Podcast Episode 124: Teachers Going Gradeless by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD Drew Perkins talks with Arthur Chiaravalli, teacher and editor of Teachers Going Gradeless, about teaching and ...
