This toolkit offers pieces from former educators with ideas on applying assessment in innovative ways. Learn how to use formative assessments for collaborative learning, support all learners, and tips ...
Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess what knowledge students have retained, and how well they do on a level playing ...
Evidence is gathered about student achievement or understanding. The information allows the instructor or learner to alter future instructional steps. It is done to improve learning outcomes (Black & ...
The following practices guide instructor strategies (Nicol and Macfarlane-Dick, 2006; Yale, 2017). Click each title to learn more about them. 1. Keep clear criteria for what defines good performance ...
Instructor: builds in more formative ungraded activities, such as presentations, short written assignments, or proposals/pitches, in order to scaffold graded assignments. Students: take more risks in ...
From Small but Mighty: How Everyday Habits Add Up to More Manageable and Confident Teaching (pp. 78-80), by M. Plotinsky, 2024, ASCD. Copyright 2024 by ASCD ...
According to the well-known Backward Design approach (Wiggins & McTighe, 2012), there are three steps that instructors should move through as they create a learning experience: Choosing the right ...
This paper marks the final installment in a series of five reports detailing the work of the Optimizing Assessment for All project at Brookings to strengthen education systems’ capacity to integrate ...