Assessment Episodes
How to Use Questioning to Maximize Student Curiosity and Engagement (…
In this episode, I am joined by Erik Francis, author of the new book Inquiring Minds Want to Learn. In our conversation, we discuss not only how to use questioning as a form of assessment but, perhaps more importantly, as …
How to Design Your Student Assessments in Five Easy Steps (Nicole Dim…
Assessment of student learning is critical if we are to get a true sense of what students know and can do before, during, and after teaching. Join me and my next guest, Nicole Dimich, as we discuss her book - …
How to Think of Teaching as a Series of Building Blocks (Gretchen Bri…
Join me and my guest Gretchen Bridgers and I as we discuss her latest book - Always a Lesson. In it, and in our conversation, Gretchen discusses the four building blocks of teaching that must be considered, in order, for …
How to Write a Strategic and Engaging Curriculum Unit (Maria Nielsen)
In this episode, we speak with Maria Nielsen - former school principal, current education consultant, and author of the new Solution Tree book - 15 Day Challenge: Simplify and Energize Your PLC at Work. We discuss how to writ...
How to Craft Quality Learning Objectives (Marine Freibrun and Sandy B…
In this episode, the authors of the Formative Assessment Handbook, Marine Freiburn and Sandy Brunet, and I discuss how to craft learning intentions that then allow teachers to align assessment and student engagement to those ...
How to Make Assessment Engaging (Starr Sackstein)
Yes, summative assessmemt at the end of each unit/year is important. However, formative assessment that measures student growth during the year so that teachers can pivot/target instruction to meet the needs of specific stude...