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Assessment: To average or not to average?

Below is my response to a recent post on Me myself and LLT entitled ‘When does a snapshot not get the whole picture”. Would love to hear others’ opinions…

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To begin, thanks for your post. This is a great topic and is open to so much interpretation. It is a far more complex question than just should [...]

FSA – Is there a silver lining?

The Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) is British Columbia’s province-wide standardized assessment given to all grade 4 and grade 7 students each year. The tests have been a political firestorm as the British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF) has vehemently opposed their existence (and their member’s participation in them) and our provincial government has continued to publicize [...]

Planning a Math lesson.

It has been way too long since I last planned a formal lesson, however my Assessment Project has got me back into the classroom, and thus planning lessons. The fun part is that I am trying to integrate the assessment and differentiation practices that I am learning with the teachers in our school. Here is [...]

Assessment for Learning - Part 2

This is part two in my Assessment series. Please see part 1 here.

The original project I spoke of in my first post has been partially placed on hold (until the beginning of April). The students in the class have become very interested in their current project which involves each of them teaching a lesson on [...]

Assessment For Learning: The start of a project

Recently, as part of my new professional growth plan, I have begun focussing on trying to improve assessment practices in my school. I have put out an open invitation for any teacher at our school who would like me to work on any project with them. I have offered them time, collaboration, research (I will [...]

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