Difficulty #6: appropriate differentiation consistent formative assessments: Within the FIM process, every-other Friday students are given an 8-question Progress Monitoring…
Assessment
Three Tips for Discussing Data with Students
DATA. DATA. DATA. Seems like all we talk about at staff meetings is data. Formative data. Summative data. Standardized data….
Data, data everywhere and not a bit to help
We live in a world not unlike the saying, “water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.” In an…
How to Use Data Walls Effectively
Teachers today are surrounded with data; formative, summative, demographic, behavioral, non-cognitive… the list goes on and on. At times, teachers…
Three Things Great Teams Will Do If the M-STEP Draws a Bye
Since it was announced that students in Michigan would be taking a new assessment this spring, people have been grumbling about…
Michigan’s New State Assessment
Michigan educators: Have you heard about the new Michigan statewide assessment announced in November? The Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress,…
Strategies for Student Learning
Rick Wormelli (ASCD/Learning Forward) reminds us that student learning is enhanced when teachers set aside the last 5 – 7…
The Focused Instructional Model
“The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”     – Alexander Graham Bell Taking an informal walk past…
How Will You Measure Growth?
Planning for Success-Take the First Step The success you read about at Grant High School in the article, “The Finger…
