Informative Assessment

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A master educator describes how she came to view assessment as a partnership between teacher and students.

Ready-made external tests cannot substitute for the observation and questioning that teachers use to plan next steps.

Worthy assessments drive students to value being creative, analytical, practical, and wise.

What happens after assessment? Effective correctives include tutoring, cooperative teams, and alternative texts.

Teacher learning communities can help educators transform their day-to-day practice.

How one district used data from interim assessments to improve achievement.

Nebraska shows how a system of local assessments can make all the difference.

How to make your feedback helpful and heard by students.

By examining their own works in progress, students understand how they can improve.

Hoover High faculty worked together on everything from developing pacing guides to analyzing test items.

A good accountability system must measure both gain and performance on end-of-year tests, this author urges.

Effective homework is the rehearsal before the final event.

Ideally, writing assessment requires a meeting of two minds.

Introducing a new research column