In this excerpt from Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment, the author explains two types of assessments and how they see each test question as a potential way of gauging not whether a student has learned a standard at an expected level of proficiency and to identify the next step of that skill’s development.
What if the question were more important than the answer? Download this poster to learn how to engage all students in self-assessment as a formative assessment practice that takes learning deeper with the 6Ps of Quality Questioning.
Engagement has become a buzz word in education. Teachers face pressure to keep their students active, but bustle and busyness are not the same as engagement. Worksheets and on-line tutorials may keep learners occupied, but not necessarily engaged. Read this blog from Laura Greenstein, author of Restorative Assessment, for a better understanding of what engagement truly is and how you can boost engagement in your classroom.
This template from Balance with Blended Learning by Catlin R. Tucker gives students a form to look at goals and assess growth over time.
In this Introduction from Instructional Feedback, the authors share how one of the most important ways we reach our students is through the feedback we provide on their work.
When we think of inclusivity, it’s natural to envision ways to provide access for students who have academic or physical needs. Although this is certainly a key feature of equitable classrooms, the precursor to inclusive instruction and assessment is establishing an emotionally safe culture. This resource includes specific strategies you can use to be intentionally inviting to your students.
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey work through the step in Developing Assessment-Capable, Visible Learners of guiding students as they learn how to solicit feedback.
Using this Formative Tracking Sheet from Swanson and Ferguson’s Unleashing Student Superpowers, your students can self-assess their progress across any lesson. (K-12)
Using this Formative Tracking Sheet from Swanson and Ferguson’s Unleashing Student Superpowers, your students can self-assess their progress across any lesson. (K-12)
Use this Tech Tools Assessment to assess your understanding of the criteria for effective tech tools to use with your students.
These pre-assessment strategies from Every Math Learner, Grades 6-12, will help to better prepare your students for an exam.
Learn how to use this Matrix featured in Realizing Rigor to refine strategies and select student actions. (Secondary)