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Anthony Rebora

Perspectives / What Really Counts in Assessment

Assessment & Grading

Jay McTighe

Three Key Questions on Measuring Learning

Rick Stiggins

Better Assessments Require Better Assessment Literacy

Lee Ann Jung

Scales of Progress

Sara Bartolino Krachman

Robert LaRocca

Chris Gabrieli

Accounting for the Whole Child

Joe Feldman

The End of Points

John R. Troutman McCrann

Putting Assessment Back in the Hands of Teachers

Thomas Guskey

Thomas R. Guskey

Does Pre-Assessment Work?

Jonathan Cassie

Jonathan M. Cassie

Playing Games with Formative Assessment

Doug Wren

Amy Cashwell

Mission Possible: Measuring Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Tracey Tinley

Lessons from a Protractor

James Harvey

The Problem with "Proficient" 

Nancy Frey

Douglas Fisher

John Hattie

Developing “Assessment Capable” Learners

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Educational Leadership Staff

Advisory

Bryan Goodwin

Research Matters / Measuring What's Inside

Show & Tell: A Video Column / A Map for Meaningful Learning

Catlin Tucker

The Techy Teacher / Rethinking Grading

Thomas Hoerr

Thomas R. Hoerr

Principal Connection / Four Tips on Leading Adults

Student Engagement

H. Richard Milner IV

Confronting Inequity / Assessment for Equity

Carol Ann Tomlinson

One to Grow On / Measuring Doesn't Come First

Educational Leadership 2018–2019 Issue Themes

Classroom Management & Behavior

ASCD Community in Action

EL Takeaways

Jennifer Borgioli

Three Moves for Assessment-System Success

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Dwayne Chism

Excavating the Artifacts of Student Learning

Tell Me About … / An Assessment Method that Changed the Way You Evaluate Student Learning

EL Study Guide / Measures of Success

Unknown Author

Video / Measuring Growth in Learning

How can schools move beyond conventional assessment approaches and develop more expansive methods that gauge both deep understanding of content and whole-child development? The question is particularly pressing in light of new criteria for student-progress measures under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. This issue will explore how educators are rethinking “assessment.” What key skills and dispositions—like persistence, critical thinking, self-regulation, and the ability to empathize and communicate with others—should schools be measuring? How can educators do a better job of measuring the skills and capabilities that employers say students will need? We welcome articles on international assessment models and alternative methods like performance-based assessments, digital portfolios, computer-adapted testing, and authentic presentations. Submissions looking at research on the potential of new assessment approaches, as well as implementation challenges, are also encouraged. 

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