Archive for ‘Assessment’
Do Teachers Need Instructional Coaches?
Good instruction is more important than race, gender, income or family background in producing student achievement. Avenues is hiring superior teachers, experts in instructional strategies, but is hiring “good” teachers enough? Does any professional in any profession reach More...
CATEGORY: School 2.0
Tags: Assessment, Faculty, School Culture
On Critique
The Avenues school design team has talked a lot about assessment, and we have committed ourselves to providing assessment tools that will monitor students’ progress in a way that will foster learning. Critique appears to be one of the most effective such tools. In two sequential videos on YouTube, Ron Berger, a veteran teacher and author of An Ethic of Excellence, explains the process More...
CATEGORY: School 2.0
Tags: Assessment, Curriculum