In my professional development learning I’ve had the utmost pleasure to be able to work with some talented and passionate educators from the North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership (NCOSP) and also through the Olympic ESD 114 and the Olympic Math and Science Partnership (OMSP). The series they’ve taught on Assessment for Learning (AfL) have been phenomenal and have helped me improve as an educator. Here are links to some of the learnings I’ve taken away from the trainings I’ve had:<\/p>\n
Assessment for Learning (AfL)<\/a> I’m also going to include some links here that make an argument against high stakes, standardized testing. There are so many ways to gauge our students’ understandings and so many ways for students to share what they are learning that boiling it down to one mostly multiple choice exam per year just doesn’t make sense.<\/p>\n Making a Case Against High Stakes Testing<\/a>
\nSharing Learning Expectations<\/a>
\nQuestioning<\/a>
\nFormative Process<\/a>
\nApplications of Formative Assessment<\/a>
\nReform Symposium Presentation on Student Blogging<\/a><\/p>\n
\nStandardized Testing<\/a>
\nOur Race to Somewhere<\/a>
\nFinland’s Race Leads Somewhere<\/a>
\nEd Reform? Okay.<\/a>
\nIn My Humble Opinion<\/a>
\nMy Own Children<\/a>
\nMy Two Cents on Standards<\/a>
\nAlternatives to Testing<\/a>
\nTesting or Arts<\/a>
\nMass Production Feedback<\/a>
\nGetting Called Out<\/a>
\nChange is Hard<\/a>
\nPoverty Does Affect Achievement
\n<\/a>Testing is Over<\/a>
\nAnother Problem with Standardized Testing<\/a>
\n1st Semester Assessment<\/a> in my Classes
\nTest Remediation<\/a>
\nSharing Learning Expectations<\/a>
\nThe Inaccuracy of Tests<\/a>
\nProficiency Scales vs Rubrics<\/a>
\nGrading to Inform<\/a>
\nDo Not Tie Test Scores to Teacher Evaluation<\/a>
\nSBAC Triples Testing Time!<\/a>
\nAre Standards Bad?<\/a><\/p>\n