Discusses methods for observing and describing young childrens' work; considers protocols for examining and providing feedback to teachers on students' work and the instructional context for the work; and explores some of the important contexts and resources that support collaborative inquiry and reflection.
Describes two protocols developed to help educators collaboratively examine student work, provides real school examples of such collaboration, and includes a list of further resources.
Contains suggestions and examples of messages teachers may use on report cards to communicate with students and parents about issues in the classroom and on the playground.
Discusses the different techniques teachers are using to assess student learning and explains how the techniques have changed as researchers have learned more about how children retain information.
Presents examples and adaptations of assessment rubrics on different subjects for primary school through high school and for adult learners, with information on technological topics and both student-generated and teacher-created rubrics.
Ben thinks he's too little to do anything until his older siblings produce his first report card, grading him on all the things little brothers do best.
Discusses the purpose of grading and the need to change classroom grading, and presents alternatives to the traditional systems of grading by letter or percentage scores.
