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Hacking Assessment to Go Gradeless with Starr Stackstein

  I’ve been an admirer of Starr Sackstein and her work for a long time. She’s been a beacon for years on moving away from grading and moving toward a focus on self-directed learning. She has made real movements in pedagogy and Read More …

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Using Case Studies for Higher-Level Thinking

Science teacher David Russo from Madison Public Schools, Conn. is part of an innovation project to experiment with personalized learning throughout the year with Allison Zmuda. As I stated in my previous blog post, I have recently converted my Human Read More …

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Authenticity of Experience in Performance Based Assessment

Guest Blog Post by Kristin Mancini. Kristin is the World Language Curricular Lead/Program Coordinator for Madison Public Schools in Madison, CT. She has taught High School Spanish for over ten years. Kristin is currently working on re-imagining K-12 curriculum in Madison Read More …

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BIG Questions for Healthy Reflection

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Learning Targets Learning Target 1: (Not Yet –> GOT IT!) I know the impact of personalized learning on student outcomes & educational experience. Learning Target 2: (Not Yet –> GOT IT!) I know the “look fors” in a personalized learning Read More …

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How Can Educators Design Authentic Performance Tasks? (Part 3)

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In this blog, we will explore ideas and processes for designing authentic performance tasks to be used as rich learning activities and/or for purposes of assessment. In the spirit of “backward design,” let’s begin at the end by considering the Read More …

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Why Should We Use Performance Tasks? (Part 2)

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The case for the increased use of performance tasks rests on two foundational ideas: Authentic tasks are needed to both develop and assess many of the most significant outcomes identified in the current sets of academic Standards as well as Read More …

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What is a Performance Task? (Part 1)

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A performance task is any learning activity or assessment that asks students to perform to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and proficiency. Performance tasks yield a tangible product and/or performance that serve as evidence of learning. Unlike a selected-response item (e.g., Read More …

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Fear and Excitement: Announcing a Civic Action Assignment

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I introduced the final product for our civic action plan today. This is their exam in which they demonstrate the work they’ve done during the trimester toward the civic action to impact the problem they believe is important. I shared Read More …

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Help Your Students Get Over the Fear of Personalized Learning

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Within my AP/IB Biology class, students were tasked with learning about large molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids) needed for life. Traditionally, the vast majority of students find this to be their least favorite and most tedious unit of Read More …

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Upgrading a Rubric based on Purpose and Audience

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Guest Post By: Eric Simpson Eric Simpson is secondary English Language Arts Coordinator at Lewisville ISD in Texas. Two words permeated our three days with Lead21: purpose and audience. Heidi Hayes Jacobs opened the pre-conference with a 21st century definition Read More …

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