“The field of education has more research than ever before, yet teachers do not have the time to filter through that research to determine which strategies have the greatest impact,” – Sherry St. Claire. That thought initiated St. Claire’s work featured in Intentional Instructional Moves: Strategic Steps to Accelerate Student Learning. She sifted through the […]

In what ways can AI be a teacher’s assistant? How do you keep a “human touch” in the AI assessment process? How can AI empower students as they request assessment feedback? Josh Ecker and Erin Cummings from the Ed Tech and Learning Design Team at Chester County Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania examine these and additional […]

Explore how teachers working in PLCs can use a verb approach to assessment and error analysis to collaboratively focus on shared accountability for ALL students’ success. This process of assessment as a verb, combined with collegial exploration of the information the assessing produced, aligns with my favorite PLC question: “What do the students need us […]

Trevor MacKenzie, the author of “Inquiry Mindset Assessment Edition,” describes the incongruity that can exist in some classrooms between co-designed inquiry learning activities and teacher-controlled assessment activities. How do we move to teacher/student co-designed assessments that build “assessment capable learners?” Trevor provides some thoughts to guide coaching to teachers who are exploring assessment.  Connect with […]

In this week’s episode of the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast, Steve is joined by education author, speaker & consultant Tom Schimmer, to discuss the potential changes that may occur to assessment and grading change with the reopening of classrooms. Visit Tom’s website here.  Find Tom on twitter: @TomSchimmer Subscribe to the Steve Barkley […]

In this week’s episode of the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast, Steve is joined by author, Tom Schimmer to discuss modernizing assessment in the evolving landscape of education. Get in touch with Tom: tschimmer@live.ca Twitter: @TomSchimmer Website: www.tomschimmer.com Blog: www.allthingsassessment.info Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com […]