Effective grading can support students to become independent, self-directed learners and get the full benefits of high-quality teaching and assessment. Grades can provide important information…
Margaret Heritage is an internationally recognized expert in formative assessment, senior advisor to WestEd, and an independent consultant advising Michigan’s FAME program. Tanya Wright is…
Preparing Teachers to Design Classroom Assessment for Learner Agency Improving teacher assessment capability is a topic of interest all around the world. For some the…
Summary This presentation provides views of performance assessments and balanced assessment systems in which they play a significant role. It emphasizes the importance of both…
This interactive session pertains to the nature of and promotion of “assessment literacy.” It will be interactive not only in its potential for questions or…
Supporting Teachers Statewide in the Formative Assessment Process Effective formative assessment practice requires teachers to have a range of knowledge and skills so that they…
Measuring Student Growth: So Much More than Subtracting Two Numbers The measurement of student growth is receiving increased attention in public education. The measurement of changes…
An Assessment to Every Purpose, under Heaven To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose,…
Featured Presentation A key challenge in shaping science learning for the 21st century will be to develop new measures of learning that take into account…
In this session, Susan Brookhart will tie together the previous ALN presentations on balanced assessment systems (by Jim Pellegrino) and formative assessment (by Margaret Heritage) and…
Featured Presentation The purpose of formative assessment is to inform ongoing teaching and learning in everyday classroom practice rather than to measure it or sum…
Featured Presentation This presentation will consider a set of critical issues related to understanding educational assessment and the potential it has to support (or hinder)…