Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills
The first in a series exploring research and best practices on defining, teaching and assessing 21st century skills.
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Stop Searching for the Holy Grail: Responding to COVID-19 Achievement Gaps
How Educators Should Address Achievement Gaps Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic Since school closures and remote learning became the norm, I have received emails from school and district leaders relevant […]
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Analysis – Does This Word Matter in Defining Expectations for Student Performance?
Understanding That Higher Expectations for Instruction and Student Performance Are Necessary to Meet 21st Century Demands Can we call “analysis” by another name and expect educators to teach students to […]
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Teaching to the Test
High-Quality Assessments Used for the Right Reasons May be a Useful Tool for Teachers to improve Teaching Quality In his CenterLine post, Can Educational Assessment Improve Teaching?, Executive Director Scott Marion […]
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Can Educational Assessment Improve Teaching?
What Would it Take to Design an Assessment System Around a Goal of Improving Teaching Quality and Teachers’ Knowledge and Skills? How would I design an assessment or assessment system […]
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Interim Assessment? Didn’t You Mean Formative Assessment?
Discovering the Need for Clarity on the Use and Effectiveness of Interim Assessments This is the sixth in a series of CenterLine posts by our 2019 summer interns and their Center mentors […]
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What Do I Need to Know About Competency-Based Grading? (Part 3)
Getting Clear about Best Practices–Competency-based Grading Done Right This post is the last in my three-part series on competency-based grading. In Part 1, I describe the key similarities and differences between […]
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What Do I Need to Know About Competency-Based Grading? (Part 2)
Getting Beyond the Hype–Potential Problems with Competency-Based Grading This post is Part 2 of a three-part series on competency-based grading. Part 1 described the key similarities and differences between traditional, standards-based, and […]
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What Do I Need to Know About Competency-Based Grading? (Part 1)
Getting Clear about Definitions–Similarities and Differences Among Traditional-, Standards-Based, and Competency-Based Grading Practices This is the first in a three-part series on competency-based grading. I was motivated to write this […]
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Text Dependent Analysis for 21st Century Education
An Item Type to Drive Deeper Instruction and Improve Curriculum Decisions The world of work in the 21st Century requires that people are able to critically read and analyze a variety […]
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Data in Schools–Understanding What It Is, How It’s Used, and How We Can Improve
An Assessment of the Primary Challenges of Using Data in Educational Decision-Making Discussions of data use in schools often lead to two commonly heard refrains: “Educators are drowning in […]
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