Not exact matches
It was a clear and
meaningful assessment he put across but at the same
time muff you do make some fair points yourself and are well entitled to your opinion.
«Glossing» is a technique that streamlines the revision process for teachers and students, allowing for more effective conference
time and focused
assessment opportunities, more
meaningful reflective writing and revision
time, and less
time wrangling with paper load.
Instead of «thick slice»
assessment (data taken from a single point in
time, and / or data with very large blocks of
time between measurements), formative
assessments are conducted at
meaningful «thin slice» points measured throughout the academic year.
Clarity around the best purpose and use of different types of
assessments along with intentionally shifting
time and energy to focus on information from
assessment gives teachers and students more power and more
meaningful information to ensure learning.
Diverse and authentic
assessments used to inform instruction and less
time spent on test prep and bureaucratic paperwork so teachers can focus on planning
meaningful instruction.
At the end of my action research, I was able to support my students» reading skill development through clear and focused instruction, designing
meaningful practice, creating formative and summative
assessments that provided specific data that informed reteaching, and prioritizing
time for my students to reflect and track their own growth.
Even if states transition to a performance - based
assessment, if they fail to set a
meaningful cut score and eliminate other duplicative tests, they will inevitably rely on an exam that is insufficiently rigorous and even more costly and
time - consuming.
«Giving students more
time with a
meaningful assessment is what we would want,» Fortino said.
Performance
assessments give me
meaningful feedback in real
time about what students know and don't know.
As my colleague Rachel Eells told the
Times, «The MAP protest was really just the start of a deeper dialogue about how to we assess students in a
meaningful way and how we use
assessments to meaningfully inform instruction.»
Keeping up with grading can be exhausting, and it robs us of the
time and energy needed to design creative lessons and
meaningful assessments.
Instruction And Management E506: Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Adolescents With Disabilities (1991) E529: Assistive Technology For Students With Mild Disabilities (1995) E538: Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students: How to Provide Full -
time Services on a Part -
time Budget (1996) E530: Connecting Performance Assessment to Instruction (1995) E531: Creating
Meaningful Performance
Assessments (1995) E504: Developing Effective Programs for Special Education Students Who Are Homeless (1991) E507: HIV / AIDS Prevention Education for Exceptional Youth (1991) E521: Including Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms (1992) E509: Juvenile Corrections and the Exceptional Student (1991) E464: Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing (1989) E532: National and State Perspectives on Performance Assessment (1995) E533: Using Performance Assessment in Outcomes - Based Accountability Systems (1995)
The article «Authentic
Assessment: A Venerable Idea Whose
Time Is Now,» describes how an authentic
assessment process involves children performing activities that are
meaningful and functional in their everyday environments with familiar people.
Accessible from MyTeachingStrategies ™, which also offers the opportunity for accessing additional resources and support for
assessment, for professional development, and for connecting with families, the digital curriculum resources help ensure that teachers can save
time while planning and implement
meaningful, intentional instruction throughout the day using The Creative Curriculum ®.