This post was originally published on Zacarianconsulting.com. US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently reemphasized the importance of the annual standardized testing requirement for students in grades 3-8 and once in high school. One of the key reasons that Duncan is advocating for them is that they
As superintendent, you are responsible for moving the district forward. It is a cycle of continuous improvement with each year building on the successes of the previous one. During your first year it is critical to set in place the elements for this forward movement.
Read Assessment 3.0 - Tips for Success, an excerpt from Mark Barnes's new book, Assessment 3.0. Assessment 3.0: Throw Out Your Grade Book and Inspire Learning Most educators take for granted that “A-through-F” grades are the best measure of learning. But Mark Barnes’s formula for feedback, titled
[caption id="attachment_2521" align="alignleft" width="200"] Corwin Founder David McCune - Photography Courtesy of Aukram Burton, RamImages.com[/caption] When David McCune, the CEO of SAGE at the time, came up with the concept of Corwin around 1989, he had one simple goal in mind. “My mother was an elementary school
In Alan Blankstein and Pedro Noguera’s groundbreaking new work, Excellence through Equity, contributor Susan Szachowicz tells the compelling story of the transformation of Brockton High School—a school serving a racially- and socioeconomically-diverse population that had been ranked one of the lowest-performing schools in Massachusetts—into what
2014 marked several important anniversaries in the history of our country. It was the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision, the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the 40th anniversary of
Read an excerpt from Ch. 6, "Feedback in a Digital World," from Mark Barnes's new book, Assessment 3.0 (publishing February 3, 2015). Assessment 3.0: Throw Out Your Grade Book and Inspire Learning Most educators take for granted that “A-through-F” grades are the best measure of learning. But Mark