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standards-based grading system

Give Teachers the Tools for Standards-Based Grading

  If your school or district embraces a standards-based grading system, your staff has already done much of the hard work of changing…
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number sense

The Number Sense Lens

Lenses are conceptual frameworks to organize ideas, skills, concepts, and developmental milestones. They provide educators with shared perspectives on expectations and outcomes, and…
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How Assessments Can Hurt Student Learning

Every district, school, and classroom teacher has to develop ways to understand student learning. In the wake of the pandemic, assessment needs are…
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assessment data: how much do you need?

Overall Performance Levels

Overall performance levels can be helpful, when used well. When there are repeated assessments, overall performance can help teachers quickly and easily understand…
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