Pre-Assessment: A Key to the ZPD
The Zone of Proximal Development is the sweet spot of education; this is where meaningful learning happens. …
Understanding Formative Assessment Using the Teaching and Learning Möbius Strip
In order to get the full experience of this post, please print out and assemble your own…
Testing Myths
The word “test” has a negative connotation. It conjures up images of students sitting in rows, number…
Exceeding Is More Complicated Than Adding Glitter and Flash
There are different ideas about the best way to report student progress towards targets, or competencies. One…
Application of Learning: It Doesn’t Have To Be An Outhouse
We know that mastery happens when skills or knowledge are applied in new situations or contexts. As…
Q&A: It’s About Time For Proficiency-Based Learning
The following is reprinted from GettingSmart. Diane Smith for the Business Education Compact (BEC) released “It’s About…
Measuring Quality from Inputs to Outcomes: Creating Student Learning Performance Metrics and Quality Assurance for Online Schools
This report provides outcomes-based assurance frameworks, with associated course-level and school-level learning performance metrics, as well as…
Competencies Build Better Assessment Practices
Competencies have the potential to truly shift assessment practices in the classroom. If you took a sampling…
Student Learning Objectives: Insights into Using Competencies as a Growth Model
I’m a TQM-freak. I admit it. I think Total Quality Management and continuous improvement is just the…
Assessment of Learning with Competency-Based Grading
This past spring, two members of my administrative team at Sanborn Regional High School in Kingston, New…