Martin Compton Martin Compton

AI = Assessment Innovation

AI is a change that is here to stay. Regardless of where you fall on the enthusiasm spectrum, we have an opportunity to steer conversations towards more inclusive, developmental, dialogic assessment and the grades that still carry so much weight.

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Blog Miriam Plotinsky Blog Miriam Plotinsky

Habit Stacking Feedback

When teachers make incremental changes to their habits around providing feedback over time, the result is that students are able to focus more on growth than on grades. Building habits that show students how they can be successful paves the way for a feedback cycle that does not become overwhelming.

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Blog Lee Ann Jung Blog Lee Ann Jung

Rubric Redesign

Author and consultant Lee Ann Jung explains why most rubrics need a “renovation,” shifting them from a focus on what's wrong to a growth-oriented conversation about what’s next. By scaffolding self-directed learning in this way, we encourage students to take ownership of their learning and engage in the learning process.

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Blog Lee Ann Jung Blog Lee Ann Jung

Universal Design for Assessment

Having choices in how students show their learning is critically important to access, equity, and even engagement. In addition to these compelling reasons, having choices for demonstrating understanding is a necessary condition of assessment validity. Lee Ann Jung shows how by removing the barriers to assessment, every student has the chance to shine.

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Interviews Michelle Cottrell-Williams Interviews Michelle Cottrell-Williams

Assessing Holistically w/Dr. Carissa McCray

Michelle Cottrell-Williams interviews Dr. Carissa McCray on how teachers can better create equitable, inclusive learning environment that assess learners holistically. Dr. McCray explains why a culturally competent education is important for everyone in our globalized world, and the all-important role assessment plays in reaching all students.

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Blog Carissa McCray Blog Carissa McCray

Everything is Assessment

Assessments are a critical component of education, providing educators with important insights into student learning, and supporting the design of individualized instruction and support. And everything is an assessment. Carissa McCray shows how formative assessments can be embedded throughout our lessons to help both the teacher and student track progress towards learning goals.

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Interviews Lisa Wennerth Interviews Lisa Wennerth

Toward Assessment Utopias w/Juuso Nieminen

Lisa Wennerth interviews Juuso Nieminen, whose research focuses on the student perspective in assessment, and particularly how assessment shapes students’ identities in higher education and beyond. By entering into assessment partnerships with students, can teachers disrupt the usual power relations of grading and foster student empowerment?

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Interviews Michelle Cottrell-Williams Interviews Michelle Cottrell-Williams

‘Imagining Otherwise’ About Assessment w/Jan McArthur

Jan McArthur is Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. In her conversation with Michelle Cottrell-Williams, Dr. McArthur draws our attention to the all-important ‘why’ behind assessment, questions the value and meaning of grades, and examines how we might follow Maxine Greene’s exhortation to “imagine otherwise” about assessment.

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Blog Barry Fishman Blog Barry Fishman

Grading is a Game. Let’s Improve the Rules!

Gameful learning is designing for learning. Barry Fishman asks us to consider how games might inspire our thinking about learning, reminding us that good games don’t work because they are fun; they work because they are challenging and engaging.

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Blog Martin Compton Blog Martin Compton

Who’s Afraid of ChatGPT?

Who’s afraid of ChatGPT? Martin Compton argues that the machines should herald a dawn of teaching where we can realize a more humanized, compassionate, inclusive, process-focused approach to teaching, learning, assessment and feedback.

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Blog Nate Bowling Blog Nate Bowling

Taking Unneeded Anxiety Out of Assessment

To counteract the anxiety caused by high-stakes assessments and grades, Nate Bowling invites students to focus on feedback and learning. Life is hard enough for students; assessment practices should not add to that stress.

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