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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...

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The 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...

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A 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...

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Michigan 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.  

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Improve 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...

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Assessment 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....

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AACTE 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,...

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Journey 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...

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MAC 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...

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About 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...

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Balancing 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...

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Growing 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...

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Realizing 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...

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Important 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...

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Support 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...

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How 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...

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Policy 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...

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Bringing 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...

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Need 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...

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Professional 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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