Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. In this recent edWebinar, Vernice Y.

Like it or not, assessments are an important part of the learning process. Whether they are teacher-developed classroom tests or state-mandated, year-end accountability exams, assessments allow ...

Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 36, No. 4 (May, 2002), pp. 462-494 (33 pages) This case study investigates the possible link between a classroom teacher's implementation of alternative ...

Students often draw upon a diverse set of prior understanding and experiences when attempting to explain phenomena. Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative ...