Continuous Forward Progress

Creative Idea Alert! Sometimes, low tech or no tech can be just as effective as having a room full of laptops. Our 8th grade science class is currently working on the following Learning Target: I can describe how heat is transferred (moved) by conduction, convection, and radiation, and classify examples of each. Our goal was [...]

So, how did your year measure up? Mine? I have to say this year was probably the best teaching experience I have had this decade. One of my biggest (and scariest) changes was to completely rethink how I arrived at measuring student progress. In the years past, my grading system went like this.  I gave [...]