TEACHERS' VOICE blog

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

 “What gets measured is what gets done.”

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...

Finding teaching resources online can often feel like a scavenger hunt. Even when searching one...

In my role as assessment coach and consultant, I have had many conversations about the...

My nephew, who is in elementary school, suffers from anxiety. When he was in third grade, in the...

Have you seen Leah Alcala's My Favorite No? It happens to be one of the most popular videos on...

Everyone in education has heard of formative assessment. At first, we may think of it as...

Recently, Teaching Channel brought you into classrooms where teachers and students are using...

As teachers, we all know what it feels like to grade a pile of tests and discover the unsettling...

Editor's Note: Math teachers across the country are learning about the power of formative...