Assessment
Getting Through
The Difference Between Grades and Feedback Has Never Been More Clear
David Ross, formerly the Senior Director for the Buck Institute for Education and CEO of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, continues a monthly series chronicling his decision to go from classroom to boardroom and back again. In this edition, he focuses on the rich resources and deep challenges of teaching during the time of coronavirus.
Project-Based Learning
What Self-Reflection, Peer Evaluation, and Assessment Looks Like in Action in Early Elementary
By: Jenny Pieratt. The Founder and President of CraftED Curriculum tackles how to begin teaching self-reflection, peer evaluation, and assessment in early elementary.
Getting Through
Adapting Test Design to Make It Work in a Distance Setting
By: Eric Kalenze. The recent adjustment to distance learning has required teachers to manage curriculum differently, redistribute expectations, and plan accordingly under the circumstances. Online testing is no exception.
Project-Based Learning
2020 New Year’s Resolutions: Changes in Practice to Benefit the Whole Child
We can create the best learning environment for students if we take the time to reflect, reconsider and reimagine our teaching practices.
Marketing & Communication
Market Your School With Design Thinking: Testing Makes Perfect
Testing, the fifth phase of the design thinking framework, requires careful user observation and continued dedication to confronting the challenge at hand.
Competency-Based Education
Want More Student Engagement? Ditch the Tests.
By: S. Tippins. Going test-free can be difficult for students and educators. However, ditching tests can actually up student engagement and learning.
Project-Based Learning
PBL Assessment: Real World and Real Stakes
Real PBL assessment involves high stakes and real-world outcomes. Kyle Wagner answers five questions about creating high quality PBL assessment.
Equity & Access
Improving Organizational Culture: Discovering Your Core Strengths
Organizations are comprised of unique individuals with varying strengths and talents who are all working together to carry out the organization’s mission, vision, and personality. Strengths assessments are great tools to help an individual uncover their strengths and talents.
Ed Policy
Why We Should Test English Language Learners in their Home Language
By: Adam Withycombe. Assessing kids in their first, or home language is a better pathway to provide every student an equal opportunity to demonstrate what they know and what they’re ready to learn next.
Ed Policy
Investing in Innovation: Where’s the Federal Support?
By: Arthur VanderVeen. The Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority invites up to seven states to develop innovative, next-generation assessments that better support student-centered learning.