8.27.20 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... Read more
8.11.20 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... Read more
7.14.20 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... Read more
2.3.17 Formative Instructional Practice: What Leaders Can Do to Help Teachers Succeed When we think about formative instructional practice, we typically have the teacher in mind. What is the teacher doing differently to engage students and collect evidence of learning? Yet... Read more
1.26.17 Four Formative Instructional Practices that Drive Student Growth When I first started working with teachers on integrating formative instructional practices into their daily classroom practice, I noticed that many wanted to start with students self assessing... Read more
9.1.16 Six Things Teachers and District Leaders Can Do To Support Formative Assessment Many district leaders and administrators use the valuable summer months to plan for the return of teachers and students to the classroom. In many schools, formative assessment practices will be... Read more
5.31.16 Six Steps to Formative Assessment Success in the Classroom In a post not too long ago, I highlighted three reasons to prioritize formative assessment in the classroom. Formative assessment may be a buzz word in education these days, but it’s more than... Read more
2.11.16 What Do We Mean When We Ask Learners to Think? In working on some new designs for professional learning, I’ve been pushing myself to think about new strategies to engage both learners and facilitators – ways to get both parties thinking... Read more
11.3.15 Is it Time to Re-engineer Your Classroom? Engineering your classroom environment to regularly solicit evidence of student understanding creates engaged students, while providing teachers the information they need to adjust instruction as... Read more
9.29.15 Connecting Growth Mindset and Assessment When I think about Carol Dweck and praise, I am taken back to the Educational Leadership article in 2005 entitled, The Perils and Promises of Praise (PDF). It feels like the title begins to outline... Read more