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Assessment All the Time? Why Not?

February 4, 2013

Bill Zima

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Our Competency-Based System Has Changed the Face of IEP Meetings

January 24, 2013

Brian Stack

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

What Gets Measured Gets Done

January 24, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Productivity and Progress

January 21, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Question Making

January 19, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Competency-Based Learning and FLVS

January 14, 2013

Melissa Young and Janna Peskett

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

A GPS for Competency Education

January 9, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Pre-Assessment: A Key to the ZPD

January 3, 2013

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Understanding Formative Assessment Using the Teaching and Learning Möbius Strip

December 12, 2012

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Testing Myths

November 30, 2012

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Exceeding Is More Complicated Than Adding Glitter and Flash

November 29, 2012

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Application of Learning: It Doesn't Have To Be An Outhouse

November 12, 2012

Courtney Belolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Q&A: It’s About Time For Proficiency-Based Learning

October 16, 2012

Sarah Cargill

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Engage Community

Competencies Build Better Assessment Practices

September 13, 2012

Andrew Miller

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Student Learning Objectives: Insights into Using Competencies as a Growth Model

September 4, 2012

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Assessment of Learning with Competency-Based Grading

August 13, 2012

Brian Stack

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Where Do End-of-Course Exams Fit In?

July 19, 2012

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

What Kids Tell Us About Why Competency Matters

July 10, 2012

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Assessment at the Center

July 9, 2012

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Boston Day and Evening Academy: Where Competency Education is Good Teaching Practice

June 21, 2012

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

10 Must-Haves to Lift Us from the Grading Quagmire

June 5, 2012

Tom Vander Ark

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Are Colleges Dictating How We Record Student Learning?

May 30, 2012

Josh Griffith

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Measure What Matters

May 18, 2012

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Mastery - Putting Learning Before Grades

May 17, 2012

Tony Monfiletto

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Is a Standard a Competency? (Part 2)

May 13, 2012

Rose Colby

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments