A Better, More-Authentic Assessment

With the school year underway, the word “assessment” is front-and-center in many classrooms—so what can we do as teachers to shift our thinking and practices around assessment to be more responsive to and uplifting for students?

In today’s conversation, high school math and science teacher

Melissa Dean

joins to talk all things assessment—sharing her own surprising journey into the classroom, how she aspires towards a better, more-authentic type of assessment in her classroom, and why she is so enthusiastic about the ongoing work of teaching pedagogy as a veteran teacher.

(In other words: if you’re a teacher and like to nerd out listening to other teachers talking about teaching—this is a conversation for you!)

To follow more of Melissa’s work:

• Her own Substack

  Unravelling
  : deanofmath.substack.com

• Her book Unravel School: Reimagine Classrooms, Reinvent Assessment, & Revive Learning: https://www.amazon.com/Unravel-School-Reimagine-Classrooms-Assessment/dp/199056612X

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Thanks, as always, to:

Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

Email us here with feedback or any other questions as well: thebrokencopier@substack.com.

Thanks for listening (and tell your friends)!