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A Theory of Assessment from Teacher of the Year, Topher Kandik – Part 2

by Topher Kandik

I use more formal assessments as tools to gauge mastery in many different areas. This is where the garden begins forking. I am looking for so much data that is not directly reported in the scores for these assessments. Do students know what is going on in the book? Are...

A theory of assessment from Teacher of the Year Topher Kandik – Part 1

by Topher Kandik

My personal theory of assessment is kind of a blend between Hemingway’s famous quote on writing and Borges’ Garden of Forking Paths: Re: Hemingway. He says the dignity of movement of an iceberg is that it is only ⅛ above water. If writers know what they are doing, then they...