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A child leans on a table and looks at a piece of paper while an adult sits across from them, likely discussing a Learning Target. Colorful papers and a grid are on the wall in the background.
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What’s a Learning Target, and Why are They So Powerful?

A learning target is an “I can” statement written in student-friendly language (for example, “I can graph linear equations.”
What’s a Learning Target, and Why are They So Powerful?
A student in a brown hoodie sits at a table, leaning over and writing on a worksheet in a classroom setting, possibly finishing up quizzes. The table is covered with scattered papers and has a few scribbles or marks on its surface.
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Don’t Grade Quizzes

I used to think I was too cool and progressive to give quizzes. But a quiz tells you whether students are learning what you think you are teaching them, quickly and precisely. It’s a perfect data-collection tool: If students learned what you wanted them to learn, they will answer the questions correctly. If they haven’t, they won’t, allowing you to provide targeted help to specific students based on which questions they get wrong. The only caveat is that you shouldn’t grade the quiz, because attaching a grade to a quiz ruins your data.
Don’t Grade Quizzes
Two students sit at a desk in a classroom, working on assignments and practicing student self-assessment. One smiles at the camera while the other writes in a notebook, thoughtfully considering their self-assessment steps. More students are in the background, focused on their work and engaging in student assessment activities.
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Five Steps to Student Self-Assessment

One sure way to build students’ abilities to drive their own learning is to involve them directly in the process of assessment.
Five Steps to Student Self-Assessment
A group of students sit in pairs on chairs, holding papers and pens, engaged in discussion in a classroom setting as part of a Whiteboard Assessment. Stacks of chairs and jackets are visible in the background.
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How (and Why) to Do a White Board Assessment

There was one student in particular, who I’ll call “Alex.” He excelled in conversations with his peers and often shared his thoughts in class discussions, but his performance on written exams did not reflect the full depth of his understanding.
How (and Why) to Do a White Board Assessment
Two young men sit at a table working together on a laptop, surrounded by papers and notebooks in a classroom or study setting, diligently reviewing a grading guide provided by their college professor.
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Three Principles that Guide my Grading as a College Professor

“Grading” for me means more than just marking mistakes and putting a number or letter on an assignment. This is because, for the last ten years, I have used specifications grading in all my classes.
Three Principles that Guide my Grading as a College Professor
A boy wearing glasses smiles while holding up a paper, showcasing his self-assessment. Other students beside him also hold papers, and they appear to be looking out a window. The scene is bright and cheerful.
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Self-Assessment Strategies for Students

How can assessment practices be designed to best support student learning? In school, the term “assessment” is often shorthand for “grades”—or, perhaps, tests, quizzes, rubrics, and similar evaluative tools. However, thinking of “assessment” as interchangeable with “test” or “grade” limits the potential for assessment practices to lead to meaningful and deeper learning.
Self-Assessment Strategies for Students
A person wearing a cap and plaid shirt leans over a white table outdoors, partially obscured, with long hair visible and a mesh box on the table—perhaps engaged in assessing student work as part of hands-on science education. Grass is in the background.

Assessing Student Work with Next Generation Science Standards

"Creating a project-based curriculum in science was going to be a challenging albeit passionate undertaking."
Assessing Student Work with Next Generation Science Standards
Illustration of a person facing a large lightbulb and a video call screen with a woman’s face, symbolizing sharing ideas during a virtual meeting—capturing the essence of online learning, where inspiration and collaboration thrive in the world’s largest classroom.
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Designing the Largest Classroom: Online Learning at Scale

We need to assess our resources before we can design online experiences. The online classroom...
Designing the Largest Classroom: Online Learning at Scale
A stylized red flower with a green stem, surrounded by dark and blue shapes. Silhouetted people and words are cut out inside the shapes, creating an abstract, artistic effect that evokes themes of feedback and performance improvement.
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Making Critique Work.

I introduced critique to my class after reading Ron Berger’s manifesto, An Ethic of...
Making Critique Work.
Close-up of a person trustfully adjusting a large mechanical device with circular components and gears. The image has a painterly effect, with warm tones and a textured surface.
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A Test That Teaches Trust

The challenge is to convince my diverse students (a representative ethnic and...
A Test That Teaches Trust
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