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Standardisation is like making good bread

  • by alavina
  • Posted on August 8, 2019September 12, 2019

‘Standardisation’ does not refer to the use of standardised tests. It’s a process for arriving at shared understanding of quality – so learners can achieve it.

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Resources for your assessment system

  • by alavina
  • Posted on August 2, 2019August 5, 2019

Here are some templates to make your assessment system happen.

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Giving feedback for learning

  • by alavina
  • Posted on April 2, 2019March 31, 2019

What types of feedback might create the motivation to use it for improvement? And how useful is each type?

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Embedding collaborative data dialogs into assessment cycles

  • by alavina
  • Posted on March 17, 2019March 13, 2019

Conversations around learning can systematically improve it.

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Tools and thinking in designing written tasks

  • by alavina
  • Posted on October 14, 2018October 14, 2018

Extending the use of tools which operationalise thinking for the learner and the teacher supports the iterative nature of designing effective instruction.

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‘Assessment is not measurement’

  • by alavina
  • Posted on September 12, 2018February 13, 2019

Polarities consist of the tension between two stances, and often they are perceived as problems when they are not; polarities co-exist, and when organizations address one to the neglect of the other, the imbalance creates conflict, or at least disagreement.

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Feedforward and the role of assessment data

  • by alavina
  • Posted on May 13, 2018February 13, 2019

Hirsch’s concept of feedforward presents us with the force of time orientation as a mindshift for assessment to become part of how our schools self-organise and lead toward transformation.

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Frame and Canvas for Student Designed Assessment

  • by alavina
  • Posted on April 18, 2017April 18, 2017

Self-directed change as performance of understanding In every unit of inquiry there is potential for…

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A Research Focus in a Final Exam

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  • Posted on June 24, 2015

Focusing on Research: As a trained librarian, my primary focus is often research. I brought…

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Trialling an ‘e-Assessment’ and What We Learned

  • by alavina
  • Posted on January 11, 2015January 11, 2015

The MYP eAssessment is a logical next step for our school. We shifted to a conceptual…

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