Assessment
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Grade Less with Arthur Chiaravalli
🔥 What does it mean to grow beyond grades? 🔥 What works about standards-based grading, and where does it fall short? 🔥 How can we deemphasize grades and shift the focus to growth in our practice? Join me for this conversation with assessment leader Arthur Chiaravalli as he shares his insights on these and other Continue reading
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Assessment in Math and Science: A Conversation with Melissa Dean
🔥 Are we about tasks or learning? 🔥 How do our beliefs about assessment shape absolutely everything we do? 🔥 How has it become acceptable to do nothing in a classroom, and what can we do about it? Join me for a conversation with Melissa Dean as we dig into these and other critical questions. Continue reading
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How Learning Targets Can Save Your Time, Energy, and Sanity
Learning targets take some good-natured abuse these days on TikTok and Instagram reels. And hey, I can chuckle at some of the shots. No, learning targets won’t save your life. They won’t solve your classroom management problems. Simply posting them on the wall won’t be enough to magically improve your students’ engagement and learning. But Continue reading
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It’s Report Card Time and a Student’s Project Is Missing. Now What?
There are better ways to respond than assigning a zero. When report card seasons roll around, it’s the responsibility of the teacher to report on student learning and progress as accurately as possible using the evidence at their disposal. This is not the time to wield grades as currency, rewarding diligent workers with big paychecks Continue reading
Teachers on Fire 