What if teachers used rich assessment tasks to drive the learning rather than as a culmination of learning? Harness the power of inquiry and creativity in designing authentic assessments that engage secondary students in the curriculum. Join this exploration of using assessment to deepen understanding and support a rich learning environment.

Resources:

• The Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2)
• Key slides from Garfield’s presentation (pdf)
• Chat from session (pdf)
• Kiva (micro-loans)
• Gallup Student Poll
• Preparing Teachers for a Changing World by Linda Darling-Hammond
• Too Big to Know by David Weinburger
• Rex Jung – Creativity
• Flocabulary
• VIDEOS:
  • BBC – Spaghetti Harvest
  • House Hippo
  • Pay It Forward – “This class is social studies”