10.9.12 Formative Assessment and Higher-Order Questions The minute-by-minute, day-by-day kind of formative assessment that we’ve been blogging about is designed to elicit evidence of student learning -- evidence that can be used to inform and adjust... Read more
10.3.12 Formative Assessment: What Do Parents Think? We’ve blogged a lot about formative assessment from a teacher and student perspective, but never from a parent’s perspective. What do they think about formative assessment? Do they understand... Read more
10.2.12 Do the percentiles reported on MAP reports equate to specific standard scores? Question: Do the percentiles reported on MAP reports equate to specific standard scores, as one would normally find in a normal distribution of scores (Bell Curve)? E.g., does the 16th percentile... Read more
9.24.12 Tony Danza on Teaching: Kids Need to Want It When I first read Liana Heitin’s blog at Ed Week – What Tony Danza Learned From Teaching – I had so many reactions. I found myself initially very angry that Danza presumed to give advice... Read more
9.18.12 Measurement Error can change your life! I mean it. I really do. Let me explain why as quickly as I can. First, what do I mean by error? Think about a typical state test – it’s a paper and pencil test designed to measure... Read more
9.18.12 Classroom techniques: Formative assessment idea number 3 Welcome back to our blog series on formative assessment. We've introduced the Popsicle Stick method and the Exit Ticket, two great ways to involve all students and get the information you... Read more
9.12.12 Formative Assessment vs. Summative Assessment Results: Timing Matters We won’t spend much time defining what formative assessment is or what summative assessment is, since we’ve done that in a previous blog. In short, formative assessment are ongoing frequent... Read more
9.5.12 Classroom techniques: Formative assessment idea number 2 Welcome back to our series on formative assessment strategies you can incorporate into your practice. So far, we've talked about the Popsicle Stick, a simple technique that engages the... Read more
8.28.12 Classroom techniques: Formative assessment technique number 1 Do you need to know if your students are "getting it"? Simply asking students to raise their hands is not necessarily a good strategy to encourage. Formative assessment can be a more... Read more
8.16.12 Dylan Wiliam & The 5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Improve Student Learning Dylan Wiliam’s new book, Embedded Formative Assessment, is filled with a number of insights culled from his 35 years of experience in education. The foundation of the book highlights the... Read more
6.27.12 Formative Assessment Infographic – What Parents and Educators Want “If you can both listen to children and accept their answers not as things to just be judged right or wrong but as pieces of information which may reveal what the child is thinking, you will have... Read more
6.20.12 Dylan Wiliam and Putting Formative Assessment to Work "Every teacher needs to be getting better…better at something that will make a difference to their students…" Those are the words of Dylan Wiliam, creator of the Keeping Learning on Track®... Read more