Many of our school districts have begun work with proficiency scales, a tool introduced by Robert Marzano and Marzano Research to determine levels of student learning. One benefit of including proficiency scales in your curriculum, instruction, and assessment work is that both the teacher and student can use them. Let’s take a closer look at what proficiency scales are, their purposes, and how they work within the CLI Model.Read More
Tag Archives: assessment
Leaders Hungry for Details of Systemic Change
In this month’s E-hint, we present a list of questions to initiate and open a dialogue regarding district-wide academic processes among stakeholders within a district. These challenging questions could help an administrative team affirm or evaluate their current curriculum structures and processes. The questions are posed from a first-person perspective from within a district.Read More
Choosing a School Improvement Strategy
Whether your district is already working with CLI, or is considering that possibility, it is important to know why CLI is the right choice in this new era of school improvement. CLI’s comprehensive and multi-dimensional Pathways to School Improvement Model fits nicely with all new and emerging recommendations for meeting standards and expectations.Read More
Reassessment Done Right
When thinking about mastery and student learning over time, it is almost impossible not to think about reassessment. Philosophically, if you believe in allowing students to retake assessments, you may struggle with the application of this belief in actual classrooms. The question is not whether students shall be allowed to reassess, but instead, how to reassess effectively. So, when a student takes an initial assessment and performs below required proficiency, …Read More
End-of-the-Year Checklists
Here it is! The end of the school year is looming large on the horizon ahead of us. The push is accelerating to make sure tasks and documents are complete before teachers leave for the summer, and that everything is arranged so that planning and organizing can occur for the next school year.Read More
A Quick Guide to Data Analysis
One aspect of the initiative to improve public schools is the continuous gathering of data to determine an instructional program’s quality and improve student learning. Recent changes in standards and accountability have also brought a new plan for assessments. Read More