Assessment
6 Apps That Can Help with Student Assessment
By: Jenny Wise. There is one aspect of education that all teachers and learners face: assessment. So here are a few creative methods for using technology that can help provide a more accurate and useful assessment of performance and learning.
Reclaiming Assessment for Deeper Learning
By: Dennis Udall. More about education leaders who are catalyzing innovative approaches to assessment that encourage observing, collecting and interpreting evidence of deeper learning.
Social and Emotional Learning and Assessment: The Demand is Clear
By: Jonathan Martin. Noncognitive skill assessment is a necessary, even critical component, of strengthening social and emotional learning in schools.
The Role of Performance Monitoring in Competency-Based Education
By: Jason Ellingson. Competency-based learning may resolve some of the concerns with current approaches to performance monitoring being publicly displayed.
Motivating and Monitoring Performance: 6 Recommendations
We began this blog series asking the question: "to leaderboard or not?" After reviewing the subject of performance monitoring in private and public, in formal and informal settings, and for individuals and teams, and we've drawn these six conclusions.
Measuring and Recognizing What Matters at Work
As educators think about what to measure and display using leaderboards, we can look to our business contemporaries for possible types of recognition systems.
Refocusing Assessment on Teaching and Learning
Jessica recently had a chance to sit down with Ken Tam, executive director of personalized learning at Curriculum Associates, to get his thoughts on assessment and where it is headed in the future.
Effective Testing: Time Is of the Essence
By: Dr. Stuart Kahl. We’re facing a dilemma in educational testing. Testing higher-order cognitive processes and deeper learning as well as high-stakes accountability testing has led to widespread concerns about over-testing infringing on instructional time. We’re using too many tests, and the tests are too long.
Reasoning Minds Deserve Thoughtful Progress Monitoring
Dr. Alex Khachatryan of Reasoning Mind discusses the use of leaderboards and broader efforts to motivate and monitor student performance.
Grants for New Assessment Systems Signal the End of the Big Test
The Assessment for Learning Project signals the beginning of the end of week long standardized tests, and will shape measurement and progress reporting in the coming decade.