Quick and easy test-making is tempting, but faulty. There is no substitute for backward planning and minute, intentional selection of questions to match goals and content styled to answer those questions.
Tag: formative assessment
Why Grade?
Applying numeric or letter grades to formative assessment, and especially the recording of it in a gradebook, is a profound waste of teacher time, which could be better spent helping those who struggle.
Fall Back to Feedback
Students who get feedback on their performance demonstrate 17% to 70% improvement, whereas students who just get grades or get no feedback at all can decline in performance by the same factors.
EmpowerED 