When Grading Harms Student Learning
This post originally appeared at Edutopia on November 23, 2015. There are so many forces at work…
Collecting a “Body of Evidence”
This is the second in a series of articles specific to the developing understanding of skills and…
The Overwhelming Act of Assessing Writing in a CBE School
If you’ve ever been an English teacher, you know what it’s like to teach writing to 95…
Casco Bay High School: The What and HOW of Learning
This post is part of the series Road Trip to Maine. This is the third of a…
What Role Can/Should Assessment Play?
This is a resource alert! The Center for Innovation in Education (CIE), in partnership with Next Generation…
From Formative Assessment to Tracking Student Mastery: The Road to Competency-Based Instruction
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on July 16, 2015. Once upon a time, classrooms were…
Assessing Work Study Practices in a Competency Education School
Introduction Five years ago, when my high school first implemented its competency education model, we as a…
Needed: Partners with Assessment Expertise
I had a sense of dread as I flew to Colorado to join the National Center for…
Credibility Starts with Consistency with Common Assessments
The more I think about what the key elements of a competency system might be — those…
Moving Past Summative vs. Formative Assessments
As competency-based education (CBE) gains momentum in higher education, the market is becoming increasingly crowded with companies…