What Really Counts?

March 10, 2016

“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything we count, counts.”  – Albert Einstein We have become a nation of numbers – driven by statistics and data.  The fixation on testing, scoring, and ranking our young learners is not what really counts when it comes to learning.  Randi Weingarten, the President of the…

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Assessment – Feedback about Impact

January 19, 2016

“We should focus on the greatest source of variance that can make the difference – the teacher.”  – John Hattie Typically we are asked to assess students and analyze how well they have done on a particular task.  We view the outcome as a measure of how the child is progressing.  Our schools are streaming…

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Talk about the Learning

January 13, 2016

The work Dr. John Hattie, the author of Visible Learning, is inspiring.  His thought provoking research focuses on the factors that have the greatest impact on learning and Hattie advises, “Know thy impact!”   When student learning is visible to the teacher – the teacher grows and makes sound instructional decisions that impact student learning.  When…

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