Planning carefully, when and why I just read this article in Edutopia. I think Elena Díaz has a lot of good points here so I’m
Category: Assessment
Providing valid and reliable assessment in an online and collaborative environment
Moving away from a school environment where collaborating considered to be cheating In 2012 I wore an article for KQED “For exams, is using the
Corona School Closing; the importance of validity and reliability in assessments
How do we change assessment practices in an open digital world? According to UNESCO monitoring, over 100 countries have implemented nationwide closures, impacting over half
“Year-end tests are autopsies, not assessments: they explain what went wrong after it is too late to change course.” — Paul Bambrick-Santoyo in Leveraging Leadership
Is Assessment Ready to Move Beyond Standardized Tests? These MIT Researchers Think So. By making assessment playful, we can get closer to measuring the things
Grading and formative assessment – what is the difference?
These days we are discussing the value of grades in Norway. Many schools have decided not to give the students grades, but to focus on
Just in time assessment
I recently started thinking about the term “Just in time assessment“. The reason why is that the teachers at my school still struggle with students who
The Impact of Peer Assessment on Academic Performance
The Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment This week I will be traveling to London to attend the Bett conference. I have to admit I
6 Reasons to Try a Single-Point Rubric | Edutopia
Feedback is one of the best ways to support student learning. According to John Hattie, Feedback has an effect size of .64 and is often considered
Teaching how to improve student feedback
How to use student feedback to improve teaching? Measuring what students are learning should be an ongoing process, not only to assess your students by
What happened to block scheduling?
Might I suggest a visit to our school? I just read this article: “Fiddling with Time in Classrooms” by Larry Cuban, and found it quite
How To Weave Growth Mindset Into School Culture
I just read this article in Mindshift and it reminds me of the book I read and loved “The end of average; how we succeed
Why classrooms can’t go blended without going digital
This seams like a pretty straight forward claim, but I guess it is a good time to be reminded about this. If I were to
Five Ways to Make Peer Feedback Effective In Your Classroom | EdSurge News
I Just read this article in EdSurge about Peer Feedback. This is something I think will help both teachers and students and it is a
Fostering a Learning-Oriented Environment
In my search for material related to the topic “Relevance in teaching and learning”, I found this academic publication. Tricia Bertram Gallant Pages 88-94 | Accepted author
For Exams, is Using the Internet Considered Cheating? | MindShift
What is high-tech cheating exactly? Is it really a problem, or do our old-school definitions of cheating need rethinking? Most educators agree that students must