assessment literacy
Beyond WALTS and SC: Strengthening student assessment capabilities to increase learner agency
Learner agency is a phrase that is discussed, inquired into and developed by many educators across the world. It is inspiring and humbling to read and view teachers’ experiences of their mind shift and the challenges and successes they met as a consequence of increasing student voice, choice and ownership of the learning in classrooms...
Raising achievement and reducing disparity - The story of Evaluation Associates
2019 is a big year for Evaluation Associates Ltd. Not only are we continuing to work with hundreds of schools, kura, and Kāhui Ako across New Zealand who are committed to improving outcomes for their learners, we are celebrating 20 years of doing so, and doing it well. I sat...
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The Learning Progression Framework for Writing – a great starting place… But then what?
The Learning Progression Framework for Writing is a fantastic tool for describing and showing the significant stages a writer progresses through as they develop independence and control over how and what they write for different purposes. Through targeted and focused PLD, teachers and leaders see value in having writing across the curriculum...