I met a middle school math teacher while I was a tech coach at a PK-12 international school that scoffed at my suggest of using a digital portfolio with his students. He didn’t consider himself the “portfolio type.” He mentioned, “after tests, we go over the answers most commonly missed, and any questions, and that’ll […]
Where to begin? Six months ago feeling really low amidst the ongoing pandemic and aching to shift from surviving to thriving? Three months ago trying to articulate a vision? Three weeks ago really digging into the development of this project? Or last Friday after its first incarnation. A first step towards something, dare I say, […]
As Rick Stiggins writes in his 2008 Assessment Manifesto, “to support learning, assessments must move beyond merely informing the instructional decisions of teachers and school leaders to informing decisions made by students, too.” Providing formative feedback, allowing for, creating, and supporting the necessary accommodations and modifications, and including students in the process of defining how their […]