Quick Start Guide Take It Slow Reteach Procedures Strengthen Classroom Culture Get Organized I teach both Senior and Freshman English at...

Recently the leader of our regional ISD's English Language Arts Collaborative, Kelly, reached out as she often does with a request. In a...

On Thursday of this week as the chatter of a potential snow day swirled about my classroom almost as heavily as the actual snow outside...

I don't typically let go of the reigns too often with writing assignments for my students. However, it has not been lost on me how much...

Back in August, I began this blog and my journey through CEP813 at MSU in the MAET program. My initial blog post was on three beliefs I...

Back in September I began this process with a much more limited idea of how I can use formative assessment in my classroom. Formative...

In my initial post on this subject, Assessment Design: Creating a Practical Checklist I intentionally included a key word in the title,...

In my previous blog, I explored the world of assessment through a specific Course Management System. In my case, I chose the current CMS...

Whether you are using a CMS, LMS, or some other 3 letter acronym to indicate the digital educational platform at your disposal,...

Back at it this week with another incarnation of the design process. Taking valuable feedback from both peer and professor, the list has...

In a previous post I began an assessment design checklist. I began with two questions, evidence to support them and foundational...

Introduction At the beginning of every school year I give my middle school students a relatively large, official looking packet....

Before beginning any task, a clear and specific outcome needs to be defined. Creating assessments is no different. One way to ensure that...

On the evening of my school’s limited, in-person open house just prior to the beginning of the school year, I joked with students that,...

Do you feel like you're still in emergency remote teaching mode? Have you not had enough time to really dig in to the new LMS and...

Three things I believe about assessment is that it cannot be static, it needs to be free of bias, and ideally, it is tailored as much as...