This post was originally published on Finding Common Ground. So many standards, so little time… How can classroom teachers be expected to teach, assess, re-teach, and reassess student understanding of each and every standard in a grade level or course within a limited number of school days
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
Read "Time for a Revolution," 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 SE2R (Summarize, Explain,
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
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
In his highly anticipated new book, Assessment 3.0 (February 2015), Mark Barnes lays out a formula that will revolutionize feedback with four simple words: What is wrong with the way assessment is done today? Why is it important to change? If you want to know more, read an excerpt: "The
In Preparing for a Renaissance in Assessment, Sir Michael Barber (Deliverology 101 and Deliverology in Practice, forthcoming) and Peter Hill discuss the current state of assessment, and how new technologies such as adaptive learning, automated marking, and intelligent learning systems can be used to move education from a
Contributed by Laura Greenstein As you read the following statements, think about whether you agree or disagree. Education is not the same as it used to be. Children are growing up in a world that is different from the past. If you agree, as many educators do,
An expert’s experience of working with the OECD Every three years, the journalists of national media across the world sit with pens poised to pass judgment on how the schools of their nations have performed on the Program for International Student Assessment – otherwise known as