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Returning to school this year will be different than any other year. More than ever before, educators need to devise strategies that provide information about what a student already knows in order to move learning forward.
Tag: assessment for learning
Feedback that moves learning forward
Feedback is one of the most powerful influences on learning and achievement, but this impact can be either positive or
Enacting AfL means changing the roles of educators and students (Part 5)
‘Don’t smile until Christmas!” was well-meaning advice given to me many years ago. In my teacher training, and early in
Witnessing Learning Over Time: Tools for Documenting Observations (Part 3)
Student thinking rarely follows a straight path towards a learning destination. When you ponder documenting the twists and turns of whole group or individual students’ thinking, do you feel overwhelmed? How might the application of learning goals and success criteria support the process of documentation?
Witnessing Learning Over Time: Documenting Observations with a Checklist (Part 2)
The process of assessment is not black and white. It’s not about shades of grey, but rather, about an understanding that each student has a spectrum of possibilities within them – a rainbow of ideas and potential.
Reflecting Back, Moving Forward: Feeling Stuck?
Do you sometimes feel like you’re stuck? You may feel like your wheels are spinning? I spoke with a principal last week and that’s how she was feeling.
Changing how we think about assessment – Reporting on Progress
Elementary educators across Ontario are preparing to send home the Provincial Progress Report Card – the first formal reporting communication home to parents.
Reflecting Back, Moving Forward: Witnessing Learning Over Time
I learned about differentiation and personalization in a truly authentic way.
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria: A Dynamic, Ongoing Process (Part 4)
As a learning community, students uncover possible success criteria, giving an educator the opportunity to listen deeply, assessing what students already know and understand.
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria: Introduction (Part 1)
When you read the title of this post, did it affirm your thinking or did it evoke a sense of questioning…’But how do I do that?’
HARNESSING THE POWER OF ASSESSMENT 