12 Questions To Guide Curriculum Development And Refinement
What is the purpose of the curriculum? What follows for form, content, process, and who the writers should be?
Grant Wiggins
The Definition Of Authentic Assessment For Learning
A 'real-world' assessment is meant to focus on the impact of one’s work in real or realistic--and often 'messy'--contexts.
How Much Freedom Should A Teacher Have?
Where should there be obligation and where should there be freedom in choice of pedagogy, models, and curriculum?
The Leap From Decoding To Comprehension
Perhaps it’s time to explore a radical but common sense notion: maybe we don’t understand how reading comprehension develops over time.
Standards-Based Grading Only Solves Half The Problem
If the goal a student has to clear is absurdly low, then the assessment is not rigorous even though it is 'standards-based' testing and scoring.