by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
How do we measure learners’ understanding? What sets the master teacher apart from the amateur? The masters have perfected assessment for understanding, rather than simply knowledge. However, in their oft-quoted book Understanding by Design, Grant Wiggins and... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
Innovative formative assessment examples are part of what defines any modern classroom. They provide crucial information about what students understand and what they don’t. These ungraded assessments are also valuable guides for students. It can help them enhance... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
Our students are all one-of-a-kind. They are the types of students that need unique assessment processes that are relevant to instruction in the modern digital age. For the diverse and creative bunch of kids in our classrooms today, formative assessment fits the bill... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
Formative assessment strategies in the classroom provide both teachers and students with invaluable information about what students understand, and what they don’t. These ungraded assessments are valuable guides for students to help them enhance their performance.... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
Formative assessment has the advantage of being a quick and easy way to measure understanding, depending on how you want to use it. In the past we’ve written a lot about using fast and fun formative activities for monitoring your learners’ understanding.... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
If research driven evidence is a prerequisite for using strategies in enhancing learning, using formative assessment fits the requirement precisely. According to W. James Popham, in his book Transformative Assessment, “formative assessment is given credit for... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
If you’re like many teachers, you have a regiment of self-assessment that you use. Musicians, athletes, or artists critique their own work daily. We hope that the same self-analysis can be carried over to our students. Fostering lifelong learning mindsets in our kids...