assessment
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Musings on a Tuesday Evening
I am caught between a rock and a hard place…of my own doing. I have made it my mission to say, “Yes. Then, let’s talk about how it went,” when students ask me, “Can I…” or “Am I allowed to…”(This last one really grates on me, for some reason. But that’s a post for another Read more
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What role do/can/should students play in their own assessment?
Today I am going to try to respond to another question I posed in a recent post about assessment. If you want to read my musings about the first two questions, you can read them here and here. I don’t pretend to have all the answers to these questions but ruminating about them allows me to consider Read more
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Who is responsible for making sure students learn?
Over the next few days, I am going to try to respond to some of the questions I posed in yesterday’s post about assessment. You can read that post here. I don’t pretend to have all the answers to these questions but ruminating about them allows me to consider some possible solutions or points of view. I Read more
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Questions on Assessment
In my conversations with teachers, and in no particular order, the following questions keep coming up. Some questions are borne out of a deep frustration with practices that are not working, and with students that don’t do school the way teachers think they should. I offer these questions as food for thought. In future posts, I Read more
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New Teacher Orientation – Day 2
Yesterday was the second day of orientation for new teachers. As usual, there’s a lot of information to digest and, although I retained some key ideas, I’m sure I will be relearning a lot of things over the coming months. And, even though many of us present have done similar kinds of orientation Read more
Elisa Waingort 