The Very Best Assessment Tools & Resources For Teachers

3 Tips For Giving Better Student Feedback In Large Courses

Although giving better student feedback in a large classroom can be challenging, it’s possible to do so without sacrificing substance.

With the right application–and expectations–grading and grade book apps can be a useful tool for busy teachers.

Exit tickets can clarify student proficiency but can be used for more than just on-the-fly formative assessment.

Competency-based learning provides students clear feedback about specific competencies and skills gained over time.

From making it adaptive to changing the form, timing, language, or structure of the assessment, here are 20 ways to improve a test.

Criterion-Referenced Assessment One way to think about it: Measures a student’s performance against a goal, specific objective, or standard.

Does the item require a passage or graphic? Does it provide all students with the best opportunity to ‘show what they know’?

Using assessment solely for grading and deducting arbitrary points for lateness are among several common misunderstandings about assessment.

At the most basic level, these could be thumbs up/thumbs sideways/thumbs down. They could also be question marks and exclamation points.

18 of the best formative assessment tools for teachers–to glean data, take snapshots of understanding, create digital exit slips, and more.

Since students typically perform better on low-level thinking items, teachers may believe students understand more deeply than they actually do.

Rethinking grading in project-based learning can support students by clarifying complexity and rewarding nuance of understanding.