Assessment Quest, Parts 1 and 2
2016-07-11
Wait until you see the in-depth trail this quest led me on! Continue Reading
Weekend News: Training for Assessments, Pearson Style
2015-11-15
Yes, anti CCSS Warriors, we know how toxic the CCSS aligned assessments are. We also know how life altering those CTE/CCR assessments are when it comes to laying out a career track our students our students are locked into. We also know how much Pearson Publishing is making off theseContinue Reading
Weekend News: Heads Up, Higher Ed CTE Update
2015-09-12
This Weekend News is an update to the continued Common Core/Career Tech Education/Aligned Apprentices efforts our post secondary students are facing. What can we do to fight this? How can we inform others? Read on, my fighters!! A White House “Fact Sheet”: Dated September 9th, 2015, this news release gives usContinue Reading
Monday Musings: Purposed Embedding for the Core
2015-03-02
Going through my email a couple of days ago, I opened this ‘lovely gem’. It’s all about how I can learn to purposefully embed formative assessments in my classroom. While many anti CCSS warriors AND pro CCSS supporters have tackled formative assessments, we still are seeing new resources everyday gearedContinue Reading
Sic’ ‘Em Saturday: When Your Faith Based School Uses CCSS Assessments
2014-11-15
A few months ago I was chatting via Facebook with a parent of 2 children enrolled in a particular faith-based school. She had contacted me to find out how to discover where the Common Core Standard ties were hiding. What tipped her off? Homework! “Sara’s” Story: To protect my long-distance,Continue Reading