This week’s guest, Tom Schimmer, dives into the frequent struggles and misperceptions of assessment practices. Tom provides excellent strategies to help provide feedback to your students and how to complete this important strategy in a timely manner.    

In this episode, we discuss:

Frequent Mistakes in the World of Grading, Rubrics, and Assessments
Student Investment through Assessment
And his Newly Released Book, Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Assessment and Grading

About Tom Schimmer:
Tom Schimmer is an independent education author, speaker, and consultant from Vancouver, BC. Over the course of his career he has been a classroom teacher, school administrator, and district level leader. Tom is an internationally recognized leader and expert in the areas of assessment, grading, RTI, and educational leadership. He has delivered both keynote and workshop sessions at several national and international conferences. As well, Tom has worked directly with schools and school districts throughout Canada, the United States, Vietnam, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Bahrain, India, the U.A.E., the U.K., Russia, Singapore, Spain, Kuwait, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria. He is the author & co-author of six books, including best-seller Grading from the Inside Out: Bringing accuracy to student assessment through a standards-based mindset, and his latest release, Growing tomorrow’s citizens in today’s classrooms: Assessing seven critical competencies.

Follow Tom Schimmer:

Website: www.tomschimmer.com
Twitter: @TomSchimmer; @TomSchimmerPod
Instagram: @tomschimmerpodcast
Facebook: Schimmer Education
Linkedin: Tom Schimmer
YouTube: Tom Schimmer Podcast

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