7 Principles of Student Centered Classroom Assessment
It’s dangerous to try and summarize something as complex as classroom assessment, but here’s my best effort at presenting the tenets underlying my approach: Principle 1 Assessments require clear...
View ArticleThe Emotional Dynamic of Student Assessment for Learning
Assessment for learning turns assessment into a teaching and learning process that enhances (instead of merely monitoring) student learning. Extensive research conducted around the world shows that...
View ArticleA Fortunate Man
Ken O’Connor speaking about student grading and reporting for Solution Tree. I saw this video on YouTube a little while ago, and I asked my friend and colleague Ken O’Connor if it would be OK to...
View ArticleMichigan State Interview
After my presentation at MSU in May, I was filmed for a quick sit down to discuss the role of assessment in school.
View ArticleImprove Assessment Literacy Outside of Schools Too
The article containing the Students’ Bill of Assessment Rights is out! The article title is “Improve Assessment Literacy Outside of Schools Too” and it appears in the October 2014 issue of the Phi...
View ArticleAssessment Literacy At Work In Hazelwood School District
I recently received a letter from Grayling Tobias, the Superintendent of Hazelwood School District, regarding the improvement he’s seen in his district by adopting our Assessment Literacy principles....
View ArticleAACTE Assessment Training Report
My notes from the February conference on student assessment in Atlanta, GA. Intro Training Materials AACTE Assessment Training Report Get The Books Revolutionize Assessment: Empower Students,...
View ArticleJourney to a New Vision of Excellence in Assessment – Webinar
I did this 1-hour national webinar for Renaissance Learning Corporation out of Wisconsin. In it, I describe a series of assessment transitions currently being made from our troubled accountability...
View ArticleMAC Reads Webinar
A large number of teams from member school districts of the Michigan Assessment Consortium read and discussed the implications of my book Revolutionize Assessment: Engage Students, Inspire Learning...
View ArticleAbout Rick and the ATI History
For those who are interested, I prepared a brief history of how ATI came into existence. Here’s our story. FYI, the picture of me and Nancy was taken in the empty room in our house the day ATI was...
View ArticleBalancing Assessment Systems
Rick outlines the elements of truly balanced local assessment systems; that is, systems that meet the information needs of all assessment users/instructional decision makers from the classroom to the...
View ArticleGrowing Students versus Ranking Them
Rapid changes in our society necessitate that schools produce students capable of adapting the rapid changes in their professional and personal lives; they must be capable lifelong learners. Rick...
View ArticleRealizing the Full Potential of Formative Assessment
Rick describes how to use formative assessment practices effectively in the classroom, detailing 5 keys to quality and highlighting the importance of student involvement in the ongoing assessment of...
View ArticleImportant New Role for Students
In this segment, Rick addresses the emotional dynamics of the assessment experience from the student’s point of view. Those dynamics reveal that learners benefit from partnering with their teacher in...
View ArticleSupport All Student, Especially the Most Vulnerable
Rick focuses on the concept of academic self-efficacy or extent to which students feel in control of their own academic well-being. He details how principles of “assessment FOR learning” or formative...
View ArticleHow to Get Started
The very best starting place, Rick contends, is for teachers and local school leaders to engage in a high-quality professional development program in formative classroom assessment. He urges them to...
View ArticlePolicy Makers, Please Listen and Learn
To set and implement strong assessment policies, one must bring a strong foundation of assessment literacy to the process, or a clear understanding of principles of sound assessment practices. He...
View ArticleBringing Parents and Communities on Board
Rick directs that local school district leaders show parents what 21st Century classroom assessment practices look like and reveal to them the research evidence of positive impacts on student learning...
View ArticleNeed for Further Research on Formative Assessment
Rick asserts that we know what we need to know about sound formative practices and their potential for positive impact on student success to move to implementation. But the foundation of success in...
View ArticleProfessional Development Materials and Programs
Viewers learn of currently available professional development programs that can help practitioners learn to use classroom assessment FOR student learning. *** Dr. Rick Stiggins was the founder of ATI...
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