One of the following sporting events is fake – can you guess which one? Lock in your vote. It turns out that Anstrengung – that bizarre sporting event where teams…
Category: Assessment
Polls as a way to increase learning?
I often drive to my father’s house in Penn Yan. As I approach the town of Gorham – right before the Old Gorham Cemetery on Country Road 18, there is…
Low-Stakes/High-Stakes
Low-stakes testing and high-stakes testing are two different types of assessments that serve different purposes and have different implications. Low-stakes testing, also known as formative assessment, is typically used to…
Worth the Wait
Feedback. If you’re like me, you probably believe two things. One, that feedback is essential to student learning. And two, the more immediate the feedback, the better. I’ve always suspected…
Assessing Assessments
If you’ve been reading the thoughts from CTL this semester, you’ve probably noticed a trend. The blog posts tend to focus on things we can control in our classroom. How…