Danger! Steep Grades Ahead
A clear sign of the start of a new school year is the uptick in posts about grades and grading. Across platforms, thoughts are being shared on grade inflation, fair and equitable grading, and opinions offered on perennial debates over grading formative work during instruction, retakes, and assigning 0’s. After letting all of these thoughts…
Competencies – I Can See It Now
I have watched approaches like standards-based grading, microcredentialing, and competencies ebb and flow over the past couple of decades, but the slow but steady movement has always been in one direction; that is, from abstract to concrete. Today, as we stand on the cusp of a new era of assessment it seems to me that…
Psychometricians: Oh, The Humanity!
In today’s post I ponder a question that has vexed many of us for years: Are psychometrician’s human? You smirk, but who among us after attempting to converse with a psychometrician during a meeting break or conference reception hasn’t walked away thinking that they just engaged in a Turing Test – and not a very…
A New Look at the “Moon and Stars Above”
Happy Moon Day! At one time I dreamed of being an astronomer, but ended up an assessment specialist. Three Moon Days ago in a post titled “Moon and Stars Above” I asked the question, “How far afield is a career in state testing from staring off into the night sky and asking why?” I reflected…
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“Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.” – Albert Camus
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