Escaping Isolation: Twitter and transparency
I have become a big believer in the power of crowd-sourcing ideas via social media, despite my initial skepticism. A …
Category Archives: Feedback & Formative Assessment
On Feedback: 13 practical examples per your requests
As readers may know, my article on feedback in the September edition of Educational Leadership has been one of the …
On Feedback
My article on feedback is the lead article in this month’s Educational Leadership. I provide a clear definition of what …
The Student Voice – our survey, part 2
In my previous post about the extensive student survey we conducted, I noted a few oddities that I want to …
Feedback: what it is and isn’t
For an upcoming workshop for ASCD on feedback I spent a few days re-reading various books and articles, and looking …
Formative vs summative assessment – and unthinking policy about them
I received a nice query by email the other day and I thought readers might find my reply helpful. Within …
2nd best use of the first week of school: pre-assess against end of year goals
When I was a Varsity soccer coach, we spent a very busy week before school started doing twice-a-day pre-season workouts …
Teacher standards-based grading gets an F
I find it unbelievable that 20 years into the Standards movement you can count on one hand the number of …
Poll Everywhere – better than buying clickers
Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System | Poll Everywhere. Save money on those cool feedback clickers! Use …
