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Catching Clarity, Conferring, and Checklists Can Make Assessment Actionable
Actionable assessment shifts how we think about feedback, instruction, and student progress. In this post, explore how clarity, conferring, and checklists can transform assessment into something that supports learning in real time. Through practical classroom strategies and reflections, this approach helps reduce student anxiety, increase engagement, and create more responsive teaching practices that benefit all learners.
Tara Harvey
Apr 2111 min read


Will AI Literacy Become a Teacher Certification Requirement? ETS’s Adapt AI Suggests It Might
The new Praxis-aligned assessment gives districts a formal way to measure teacher AI competency — before states make it mandatory.
David Ross
Feb 258 min read


Powerful Together: The Science of Reading and Project Based Learning
The science of reading offers powerful insight into how students learn to read and why decoding and comprehension must be intentionally taught. This post explores how the science of reading and project based learning (PBL) work together, showing how explicit literacy instruction strengthens inquiry, supports access to complex texts, and deepens student understanding within meaningful, real-world projects.
Cheryl Dobbertin
Feb 106 min read


What K–12 Teachers Can Learn from National Parks: How Visitor Experience Principles Can Help Create an Empowered, Learner Centered Classroom
National parks don’t just preserve landscapes, they design experiences that teach, inspire, and empower visitors. This blog explores how K–12 teachers can borrow visitor experience principles from parks to create empowered, learner centered classrooms. Learn how to redesign your space, routines, and roles so your environment becomes a “third teacher,” giving students agency and support even when you’re not at the front of the room.
James Fester
Sep 25, 202518 min read
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