Nov 26, 2020

We assess against the curriculum... is there another lens to consider?

When it comes to standard 5 – “Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning” we tend to shy away.  In the last few episodes of The Reflective Teacher Podcast, we’ve been exploring what might be causing this strange...

Nov 10, 2020

Using data to analyse and evaluate student understanding...

In this, the second episode in which we are focusing on Standard 5 of the Australian Professional Standards for teachers, we’re talking data-driven teaching. 

If 5.4 asks us to collect and interpret student data, what might that look like? 

How does the idea...

Nov 5, 2020

"I hate talking about Assessment in my Portfolio"

Assessment.  What is that for?

If it’s so we can check in on the progress of our students then it makes sense that the results of assessment would provide us with copious artefacts for our portfolios.  In fact, we should need assessment to inform copious amounts of...