Nicholas Provenzano and Beth Sanders write about thier non-traditional stance on assesssment. Nicholas reflects upon his "no test" marking period, which resulted in much more time for students to share what they learned. Beth elaborates with a discussion of fomrative assessment and relevant feedback.
The "no test" method puts more time into the classroom for thinking and learning in ways most hadn't thought about.
I began teaching in 1991 believing myself to be a very progressive grades-based teacher with exquisitely designed marking keys designed to quantitatively assess realms such as punctuation, spelling...