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Classroom-Based Assessment in Saskatchewan

Meaningful assessment. Practical tools. Built for Saskatchewan teachers.

Author: assessmentinsaskatchewan

Quizzes and Conversations

Giving Hints as Feedback

Questioning Strategies and the Thinking Classroom

Assessments as Ongoing

Exemplars at Multiple ‘Levels’

Reference Sheets Over Open-Book Tests

Building Exam-Taking Skills Matters

Importance of Using Pre-Assessments

Assessments at the End of Each Outcome (Topic Tests)

“I Do Not Use Fitness Testing… At All”

Backward Design Model and Student Involvement

Understand Your OWN Teaching Philosophy

Don’t Just Teach the Way YOU Were Taught

Sometimes Assignments Don’t Work – Forgive Yourself

You Don’t Have to Record Everything

Don’t Compare Yourself – Just Get Better

“Tradition” Can Be Dangerous

Never Assess the CHILD, Always Assess the ACTION

Students Shouldn’t Be Surpised by What is Reported

Be Careful of How You Pair Students