Why is professional development sometimes not helpful?
PD is not helpful when it is not relevant for our instruction, or quickly becomes obsolete.
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World History Assessment
Any good ideas on a better way to assess kids in the Renaissance?
Read more…Greeneville Discussion Questions
- What's the Final Grade?
You are seeing projected on the screen a collection of scored assignments. Your job is to determine the student's final grade based on these scores. You have complete freedom to determine how best to do that. You will choose
Henry County Discussion Questions
- What's the Final Grade?
You are seeing projected on the screen a collection of scored assignments. Your job is to determine the student's final grade based on these scores. You have complete freedom to determine how best to do that. You will choos
Patrick County Discussion Topics
- What's the Final Grade?
You are seeing projected on the screen a collection of scored assignments. Your job is to determine the student's final grade based on these scores. You have complete freedom to determine how best to do that. You will choos
Hi everybody,
i am abid ali teacher/teacher educator in a middle/high school chitral pakistan. i am interested in AFL because of its importance and help both for learners as well as for teachers(facilitators). In my context usually summative assessment is exercise
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Read more…MATH PRACTICE AND LEARNING PROGRAM – FREE FOR TEACHERS
Hi,
TenMarks has launched a math practice and learning program for grades 3 - High School and as of today, it’s FREE for teachers to use in class or for their students to use at home.
The TenMarks approach gives students a variety of problems on ea
Read more…help with resource
Could some one point me in the right direction to find the paper or research that speaks to the experiment where some teachers gave student work feedback, some students grades, and some students grades and feedback, and how the feedback only was the
Read more…AFL Inspirational Schools Conference
I am scheduled to attend the AFL conference in Charlottesville on March 5, 2014. However, the weather may keep this conference from happening. Hopefully, the snow will melt tomorrow, and we will be able to travel to Charlottesville for the conference
Read more…Please Help!!!
Hi all,
I'm a HS ESL teacher and in grad school. I need some middle or high school teachers to fill out a quick (less than 5 mins!) survey for a class. It's about teacher burnout, and this would REALLY help me out!
Robert Marzano's powerpoint about grading and formative assessment
Robert Marzano certainly leads the way in using research information and applying it to our classroom practive. His book Formative Assessment & Standards-Based Grading is a great resource for anyone interested in learing more about this subject. I pa
Read more…Middlesex: What's the Final Grade?
What's the Final Grade?
You are seeing projected on the screen a collection of scored assignments. Your job is to determine the student's final grade based on these scores. You have complete freedom to determine how best to do that. You will choose
Oak Hill: What's the Final Grade?
What's the Final Grade?
You are seeing projected on the screen a collection of scored assignments. Your job is to determine the student's final grade based on these scores. You have complete freedom to determine how best to do that. You will choose
Free e-Comments Chrome Extension
Here's a writing assessment for learning freebie that just might make life a bit easier for teachers this fall…
I just released a new free comment insert program for Google docs that will save grading time and improve writing feedback. Insert hundred
Read more…A rubric for Assessment FOR Learning
Now that Salem teachers and administrators have focused on increasing the use of Assessment FOR Learning strategies in our classrooms over the past two school years, we now have developed a rubric that breaks down AFL into smaller components. The rub
Read more…AFL-Related Discussion Question - SHS Faculty Meeting 11/28/12
Despite the fact that our school has had AFL as its Professional Development focus for the past 4 years, there is still much that we can learn from one another about how best to use assessment to increase learning. To foster continuous learning and
Read more…King George: What's the Final Grade?
What's the Final Grade?
You are seeing projected on the screen a collection of scored assignments. Your job is to determine the student's final grade based on these scores. You have complete freedom to determine how best to do that. You will choose
SBG in the ELA Classroom
We are in search of practical examples of using SBG in the ELA classroom. Teachers are requesting direction with standards that contain multiple concepts within the standards. For example,
9.3 The student will apply knowledge of word origins, deri
Read more…Tools for the "Standard 7 Teacher"
The goal of this activity is to collaborate and help each other become more effective "Standard 7 Teachers."
In Virginia, the 4 parts of Standard 7 of the Teacher Evaluation Model deal with the use of assessment data to make instructional decisions t
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