Student Growth in the Arts

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Facilitating Learning Rather than Teaching

Facilitating learning sounds difficult but isn't if you know how to meet your learners where they are.

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5 Assessment Activities

Hands-on assessment activities offer students an opportunity to show what they know.

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3 Arts Strategies to Reduce Testing Anxiety

It's that time of year again in education - testing season.

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Higher Order Thinking Questions for Your Next Lesson

Use this list of higher order thinking questions from Blooms, Costa, and Webb to support higher cognitive demand in your lessons with students.

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See Think Wonder 2.0: Text Dependent Analysis

Text Dependent Analysis can be one of the most difficult parts of standardized testing for students.

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The Keys to Creative Assessments with Katie White

Author Katie White shares all the ways assessments can connect with the creative process.

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Utilizing Student-Centered Assessments

Recently, there has been a focus toward student-centered classrooms and increased student engagement.

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7 Key Performance Metrics for Arts Integration Success

Having arts integration success is one thing, but knowing what key performance metrics to look for is another.

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Student Portfolios as Integrated Assessments

Integrated assessments through student portfolios, teachers can not only save time, but in many cases can also produce more valid assessment results.

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Visualizing Student Growth

Just as with anything, as we work on accomplishing a goal, it is difficult to remember where we began.

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Nature of the Beast: Looming Assessments

Testing. Assessments.

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Grading Expectations

Assessing peers is usually not an easy task. Add in artwork and you'll have a lot of "deer in the headlight" looks!

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Student Reflection and ELA Growth in the Art Room

To be certain that there has been an increase in student growth, you must assess students before and after learning.

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Stepping Outside the Assessment Box

Let's take a moment to focus on three lesser-known assessments and how each can be successfully implemented in the classroom.

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Our Town: An Arts Integration Activity

You don't want to miss out on this informative, engaging and fun arts integration activity that connects across so many different content areas, your head will spin!

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Creating Assessments to Demonstrate Student Growth

If you want to give your students ownership of their learning, you'll definitely want to keep these things in mind when creating assessments that demonstrate student growth.

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Using the Conferring Technique to Nudge Students to Success

Conferring is one of the main ways we can challenge students to think deeply while personalizing learning.

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Documenting Learning with Hallway Displays

Ever thought about using hallway displays as review tools?

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21st Century Skills Scales with Susan Thomas

When assessing students in 21st century skills, how do you measure creativity or collaboration?