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
Category: Assessment
“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
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
