Using Data with Teaching Teams
As one of my professional goals this year, I decided to use protocols with my teaching teams to help us analyse student data to improve instruction. So far I have…
A collection of data questions and concerns
I feel I have made a great deal of progress in understanding how to use data with our teaching teams to improve learning for our students. At this point, I…
Using assessment data with teachers: what works?
As my final post in this series, I wanted to review the literature findings to highlight which practices have been effective in helping teachers use assessment data to inform their…
Planning forward: Formative assessment and learner agency
Now that we have completed our first three sessions focused on our beliefs about assessment and developing a shared vision, we need to turn our attention to our practice and…
The Workshop
So today I facilitated the first three sessions of a workshop on assessment with my teaching staff. I think we are getting closer to having a shared vision of what…
Session 3: Focusing on Formative Feedback
I really struggled putting this session together. I want to help teachers understand why formative assessment is so powerful, but I encountering a big roadblock: How do we deal with…
Taking a moment to clarify
As I continue my research on assessment and teacher perceptions one issue that frequently comes up is success criteria. Typically success criteria is worded in learner friendly “I can” statements.…
Session 2: The Purpose of Assessment
Which of these three snacks is tastiest? This is the provocation I will use to ignite the next part of our inquiry (thanks Victoria for the idea) – why do…
