Planning a lesson and designing instruction can be an exciting process. Delivering that lesson...

Walking around the classroom, clipboard in hand, I moved as quickly as possible, diligently...

Do your students meet your test announcements with an audible groan?

Popular culture often presents school assessment in the narrowest possible fashion. Based on...

When we think of assessment, we often think about tests. But good assessment is much more than...

Assessment. Accountability. Benchmarks. Pacing.

Congratulations: You made it to January!

For many experienced educators, January can feel like...

Most of us realize the importance of a warm-up to get our bodies and minds ready, whether we're...

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium is an organization of member states committed to...