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With some ingenuity, universal response systems can still work in remote and hybrid learning.

Use these quick tips from A Local Assessment Toolkit to Promote Deeper Learning for three ways to approach differentiating curriculum without creating completely different lessons.

Engagement has become a buzz word in education. Teachers face pressure to keep their students active, but bustle and busyness are not the same as engagement. Worksheets and on-line tutorials may keep learners occupied, but not necessarily engaged. Read this blog from Laura Greenstein, author of Restorative Assessment, for a better understanding of what engagement truly is and how you can boost engagement in your classroom. 

What if the question were more important than the answer? Download this poster to learn how to engage all students in self-assessment as a formative assessment practice that takes learning deeper with the 6Ps of Quality Questioning.

In this video, you'll learn the key practices of the 6Ps Framework for Quality Questioning and how to apply them in your classroom effectively. 

In this excerpt from Creating a Self-Directed Learning Environment, the author explains two types of assessments and how they see each test question as a potential way of gauging not whether a student has learned a standard at an expected level of proficiency and to identify the next step of that skill’s development.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, author Tom Guskey and Peter DeWitt discuss the downfalls of percentage grading, how grading is sometimes used as a punishment, and Tom's recommendations for better grading practices.