Category: Assessment

More Thoughts on Standards Tracking

Another test day down and another evening of wrestling with how I track student skill grown and report that through grades. I'm currently giving st... Read more

"Ungrading" an Elective Class

In my elective class (environmental science), I've moved toward using "concept checks" at the end of each unit in favor of a traditional test. I ha... Read more

Thinking About Rubrics for Feedback

A new semester means a fresh gradebook and more time to think about how I'm actually giving feedback and reporting progress. I've been a user of th... Read more

Multiple Means of Expression

Every time I test, I'm reminded that multiple means of expression are important when assessing students. Finding ways to get kids to tell you what ... Read more

Thinking More About SBG

We're finishing our first month of school and I'm thinking a lot about my grading system. I use standards-based grading, which boils down to the ma... Read more

Quick Thoughts on Grading

Today was the first day I put standards grades into my gradebook. We took our unit test yesterday and I've generally waited until about then to put... Read more

Simple Standard Tracking for Students

I took a little while to think about how I'd like students to be able to track their progress on learning standards in class. The web app I built w... Read more

Systems of Assessment

Two weeks in, and I'm coming up on our first major grade check. I'm continuing to use standards-based grading as my main method of assessment and r... Read more

The Hidden Message

I had an interesting conversation with our pre-service teacher this morning concerning a make up quiz she had given to her chemistry class. In shor... Read more

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