Rethinking Grading In A 21st Century Project-Based Learning Environment
Rethinking grading in project-based learning can support students by clarifying complexity and rewarding nuance of understanding.
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Assessment Trends In Education: A Shift To Assessment For Learning
Throughout the K-12 learning landscape, assessment practices are changing to embrace assessment for learning, not assessment of learning.
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Assessment Trends: A Vision For Assessing Today’s Students
Teachers have moved from “Should I use technology?” to “How can I integrate technology best, enhancing learning without hijacking it?”
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Standards-Based Grading Only Solves Half The Problem
If the goal a student has to clear is absurdly low, then the assessment is not rigorous even though it is ‘standards-based’ grading.
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How Single-Point Rubrics Can Improve The Quality Of Student Work
With single-point rubrics, the focus is on providing evidence of meeting, exceeding, or falling short of the quality you’re looking for.
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A Bloom’s Taxonomy Model in 3D
Each colored block has an example of a learning objective corresponding with each combination of the cognitive process and knowledge dimensions.
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The 6 Facets Of Understanding: A Definition For Teachers
The 6 Facets of Understanding is a non-hierarchical framework for understanding. These ‘facets’ are useful as indicators of understanding.
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8 Of The Most Common Sources Of Formative Assessment Data
The usefulness of student data is generally proportional to the frequency with which it’s collected. Here are eight sources of formative assessment data.
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What Is eduCLIMBER? A Tool To Organize Student Data Once And For All
The most compelling feature of eduCLIMBER might be how it provides a central location for dozens of data forms and outputs.
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12 Alternatives To Letter Grades In Education
In this alternative to letter grades, work is first graded and then, through revision and iteration, is gradually improved and ultimately curated.
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Data-Driven Teaching? The Unit Isn’t Doing You Any Favors
If we insist on outcomes-based, data-driven teaching, the traditional unit—at least in its current guise—has no business in our classrooms.
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The Most Important Question Every Assessment Should Answer
Whether a formal test or an informal observation, the most important question every assessment should answer is, ‘What now?’
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12 Mistakes For Teachers To Avoid In A Data-Driven Classroom
Functionally, the purpose of assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction. Of course, it’s not that simple.
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Why We Should Stop Averaging Scores To Give Letter Grades
Evaluating a student’s mind with a system not much more robust than the one we use to review movies doesn’t seem like our best thinking.
