This morning, I’m presenting a workshop on Assessment and Evaluation Survival Skills. The themes are
- How to help students learn
- While giving fair and accurate grades
- Without losing your mind.
Stay tuned for an update on the questions and techniques that emerge.
Participant handout (DOC, PDF)
Feedback form template (DOC, PDF)
Shifting Phases 
The last one’s the most important.
Progress monitoring is good, as long as it doesn’t become everything. Weak scores should be an indicator of what the instructor needs to re-visit in class ( with different material/approach) and which kids missed the concept and need reinforcement.
Easy to get dazzled by data, jump to shaky conclusions, or lose sight of the function. (sigh)
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