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Formative Assessment and Differentiation

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Krystal Bankston November 27, 2018

How to Create a Classroom Focused on Student-Centered Assessment and Feedback

Create an environment where reflection and feedback are an integral part of the learning process....

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Valerie Librizzi September 20, 2018

How to Give Your Students More Ownership, Voice, and Choice in Your Classroom

Including more student ownership, choice, and voice in lessons makes the classroom more student-led and personalized. ...

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Julie Mason, Darcy Mueller May 29, 2018

Testing The Waters: Alternatives To Consider If You Don’t Want To Jump Right Into Choice Boards

Read about alternatives to the Choice Board Model that are more structured and provide more guidance for students....

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Milana Lazareva, Romain Bertrand May 22, 2018

Fill In The Gaps: From a Classroom Challenge to a Personalized Learning Strategy

Read an interview outlining how one teacher worked with a BetterLesson coach to empower her students to own their formative assessment data....

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Julie Mason May 9, 2018

Tips and Tools To Support Your Students To Take The Lead

Learn how using choice boards enables students to learn tools to be more efficient and take ownership over their own learning....

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Valerie Librizzi, John Wesley Pope April 23, 2018

Five Things I Learned While Working with a PD Coach

Read an interview to see how one teacher used instructional coaching to build his students’ literacy skills in his agriculture classes....

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Julie Mason, Darcy Mueller April 16, 2018

Tips and Tools For Choice Board Management

Read a conversation between a teacher and an instructional coach to learn strategies for managing choice boards....