"Existing assessments of historical knowledge used in K-12 classrooms across the nation consist primarily of traditional standardized tools, which assess students’ retention of content."
"You burn the midnight oil, staying up late to grade and make thoughtful comments on students’ papers.
After entering the grades into your grade book, you breathe a sigh of relief and feel good about your accomplishment.
When you return the papers to the students, they immediately look at their grades. Some complain. Others act nonchalant. Others immediately begin to compare with their classmates. Most frustratingly, a couple crumple up their papers and throw them away. Few, if any, take the time to read your comments—the comments that you spent hours working on. "
"More than a quarter million videos and games and assessments, all Common Core aligned."
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