Authenticity in assessment, (re-)defined and explained
What is “authentic assessment”? Almost 25 years ago, I wrote a widely-read and discussed paper that was entitled: “A True …
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Change and challenge: tips on moving forward in the face of resistance
I received the following email recently about the difficulty of dealing with resistant or challenging people in workshops: I serve …
Meetings
A few years ago, when I was working in a district near my home (a very fine district by most …
An apology and an explanation
Apartheid (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ɐˈpartɦɛit]; an Afrikaans[1] word meaning ‘the state of being apart’, literally ‘apart-hood‘[2][3]) The definition above, from Wikipedia, is my rationale for …
2nd class citizens
Throughout history, some humans have forced other humans to live a second-class existence based on some arbitrary rule or standard. …
Apartheid [a deleted post]
[This was the original post that caused so much distress; I took it down and re-wrote it. This apology refers to …
final exams vs. projects – nope, false dichotomy: a practical start to the blog year
Let’s begin the new year with a nuts and bolts educational issue. (My New Year’s Resolution is to say less …
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has …
Exemplary Teacher Evaluation, Part 1
To develop a teacher evaluation system that is exemplary, there have to be clear, valid, and robust standards for such …
Mandating the mere posting of objectives, and other pointless ideas
As promised in a prior post and in response to reader queries: Yes, I am still working on my ideal …
