CA-Assessment Strategies
Brown, A. (2015, April 29). ‘World’s best teacher’ does not believe in tests and quizzes. [Television broadcast]. Washington, DC: PBS NewsHour Productions, LLC. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/worlds-best-teacher-believe-tests-quizzes/
This is a transcript of a television interview with Nancie Atwell, who was awarded the $1 million Global Teacher Prize from the Varkey Foundation, which has been called the Nobel Prize for education. Atwell was honored for starting a demonstration school called the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb, ME, with the purpose of teaching children and training teachers at the same time. Atwell's basic idea is to give kids choices, and let them follow their passions. The students are evaluated on their portfolios, and the students self-assess. The teachers assess the students daily during discussions. This approach supports favoring formative over summative assessments.
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