"If you read carefully, a poem will teach you how to read it." An article, by Mark Overmeyer, on student writing influencing rubrics.

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/dec07/vol65/num04/What_Student_Writing_Can_Teach_Us.aspx

Poems

Here are some poems that Jan promised! If you click on the drop.io link you can find many more.

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New Article

Just added a pdf of an article--called Feed Up, Back, Forward. I'd love to know what you think. You can find it on out Drop IO link--click the link below to download the pdf. Check it out!

http://drop.io/learningfromstudents#

Descriptive Review Protocol

Here are two documents describing the Descriptive Review process of examining student work.

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Chapter 3: Feedback as Formative Assessment

Here is a place to start a conversation about this chapter. What stands out for you? What do you think about rubrics? What works or doesn't work for you? How do your students use rubrics?

Update on 11/7 Study Group

On Saturday we read the article from Educational Leadership, Looking at Student Work, which discusses the productivity of shifting the lens from looking at student work as "proof" that the student "got it" to focusing on improving teaching. This led into a discussion of the dilemma inherent in the use of rubrics and other grading criteria. We talked about assessments and how they are used and how often that the purpose of the assessment is primarily summative.

For our next meeting, we agreed to read Chapter 3 in our book and to bring 5 copies of a single piece of student writing. We agreed to select a piece we have questions about--not our most stellar student!

Feel free to add your perspective of Saturday's conversation--ask questions, suggest resources. Let's continue our conversation between the meetings!