The Next Big Thing: Formative Assessments

At a meeting of educational publishers a few years ago, several of the speakers predicted that formative assessment would be "the next big thing." A recent perusal of ads in educational journals and test publisher web sites indicated that although there is a wide variation in what people believe constitutes formative assessment, their predictions were right. Although, I question much that is marketed as "formative assessment" - Does it pass the test?

Using Exemplars for Formative Assessment "Pays Off"

In this day and age of No Child Left Behind, assessment practices themselves are under assessment. Heidi Hayes Jacobs, president of Curriculum Designers, Inc. and educational consultant to thousands of schools nationally and internationally, advocates for the need to redefine assessment more comprehensively.

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Exemplars Science CDs Approved by NSTA Recommends

Exemplars Best of Science K-5 and 6-8 CD-ROMs were recently reviewed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA).

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