4.27.21 Erin Beard The importance of student self-assessment Want to know a secret? I didn’t mean to become a secondary ELA teacher. One of the reasons why an ELA endorsement wasn’t originally at the top of my list was this persistent worry: How does one... Read more
4.8.21 Chase Nordengren Formative assessment is not for grading There’s something to love about the first pancake that comes off the grill in the morning. The first pancake usually comes out a little more lumpy, misshapen, or overdone than the rest. Yet... Read more
8.27.20 Erin Ryan 19 formative assessment strategies for online teaching At Teach. Learn. Grow., nothing makes us happier than knowing some of our posts are especially bookmark worthy. They’re the ones you keep coming back to when you need a quick boost of inspiration... Read more
8.11.20 Erin Beard A step-by-step guide for using stress- and trauma-sensitive practices in your classroom COVID-19 and the deaths of Mr. Arbery, Ms. Taylor, Mr. Floyd, and Mr. Brooks have caused stress and even trauma for many students. As educators, we can all come together to support learning in times... Read more
7.27.20 Chase Nordengren How to use goal setting to carve a new path for student growth this fall Like seemingly everyone these days, I am working from home full-time. It’s the first time in my career, and I’ve discovered it requires remaining productive and connected differently than I’m... Read more
7.14.20 Vicki McCoy How formative assessment boosts metacognition—and learning In a June 2018 BOLD blog post, Annie Brookman-Byrne describes metacognition this way: “[M]etacognition is ‘thinking about thinking,’ but metacognition also encompasses the regulation of these... Read more
7.7.20 Erin Beard 6 ways to help heal toxic stress, trauma, and inequity in your virtual or in-person classroom Many of our students’ lives have been deeply disrupted this year by COVID-19 and police brutality. Even during “normal” times, our learners can be affected by toxic stress, trauma, and... Read more
6.30.20 Steve Underwood How to build a balanced assessment system As my colleague Chase Nordengren said recently, teaching and learning have been transformed by COVID-19 school closures—and they’re unlikely to return to what we were used to anytime soon, if... Read more
6.23.20 Brooke Mabry How responsive planning can strengthen your formative assessment practice In my work with educators over the years, I have found the majority associate formative assessment with the phrase “assessment for learning” and describe it as “in-the-moment adjustments to... Read more
6.11.20 Chase Nordengren The power of formative assessment when the only constant is change Before schools closed in March, I sat in on a lesson planning meeting with an Algebra II teaching team working on how to bring context to a lesson on linear and exponential change. In the air was one... Read more
5.7.20 Chase Nordengren 3 reasons to use formative assessment in your virtual instruction—and tips on how to go about it One of the common practices of any art, regardless of its form, is a focus on fundamentals. Whether practicing scales for a musician, free throws for a basketball player, or movements for an actor,... Read more
12.31.19 Monica Rodríguez The 12 not-to-be-missed Teach. Learn. Grow. posts of 2019 It’s been another great year for Teach. Learn. Grow. Thanks to our readers, of course. As 2019 comes to an end, we’re shaking our heads wondering where the time went. We’re also eager to share... Read more
