November 2005 | Volume 63 | Number 3Assessment to Promote Learning Pages 10-17 Seven Practices for Effective Learning Jay McTighe and Ken O'ConnorTeachers in all content areas can use these seven assessment and grading practices to enhance learning and teaching.
But by themselves, summative assessments are insufficient tools for maximizing learning.
Formative assessments include both formal and informal methods, such as ungraded quizzes, oral questioning, teacher observations, draft work, think-alouds, student-constructed concept maps, learning logs, and portfolio reviews.
To avoid the danger of viewing the standards and benchmarks as inert content to “cover...
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