Contributed by Susan Creighton The previous blog, “Using Formative Assessment to Create Active Learners,” listed five key practices that teachers can use to help students learn to make use of their own formative assessment data. Let’s look closer at the first of those practices: Sharing learning targets
When we start the journey of a teacher, nearly all of us had the same goals in mind. We wanted to make a difference in the life of a child. Some of us came into the profession wide-eyed and nervous while others came in with
Technology can help teachers “Ignite Learning” in the classroom by promoting literacy development and critical thinking. The ability to communicate and create is what sparks learning. Kids these days are just wired to operate in a digital environment, which enables them to take control of their
At the beginning of this school year in September 2014, for the first time in our country’s history, the overall number of Latino, African-American, and Asian students in public K-12 classrooms surpassed the number of white students. The numbers are expected to continue to grow
In Chapter 6 of Excellence Through Equity, the groundbreaking new work edited by Alan Blankstein and Pedro Noguera, contributors Avram Barlow and Ann Cook describe a nationally-recognized consortium of New York State public secondary schools that shifted our current, test-centered assessment paradigm by introducing an
[caption id="attachment_2734" align="alignright" width="300"] Download the Teaching Numeracy Book Study Guide.[/caption] During the past four years, I am delighted to share that Teaching Numeracy has been the focus of many book studies, Professional Learning Communities (PLC), and district-wide initiatives. How grateful I am to hear my 10-year
In chapter 5 of Equity through Excellence by Alan Blankstein and Pedro Noguera, contributors Avram Barlow and Ann Cook describe a nationally-recognized consortium of New York State public secondary schools that shifted our current, test-centered assessment paradigm by introducing an innovative, more equitable, student-focused, performance-based
With new and more rigorous standards, school systems must build or buy new assessments to provide teachers with tools to assess student learning. In the best of systems, the assessments are aligned to Priority Standards and a vertical articulation of assessments is determined K-12. Such
View the original post on Shared Practice in Teaching and Teacher Education I use Google Drive daily for creating, editing, organizing, and sharing documents for both personal and professional uses. Google Drive is a tremendous resource for me as an educator, and I use it often
In chapter 4 of Excellence Through Equity, the bold, new work by Alan Blankstein and Pedro Noguera, contributor Linda Harper tells the moving story of Success Prep Academy, a model program in Alabama that supports students at risk of leaving high school with life-changing