Teamwork on Assessments Creates Powerful Professional Development
Publication Type:
Web ArticleYear of Publication:
2006URL:
http://www.nsdc.org/members/jsd/mctighe271.pdfAbstract:
Teacher collaboration is a powerful form of professional learning, says Jay McTighe, co-author of the best-selling "Understanding By Design" books. In this article from the Journal of Staff Development, McTighe and Marcella Emberger propose that "one focus for collaborative efforts is designing assessments. When teachers design assessments, give each other feedback through peer reviews, evaluate student work, and plan together for improvement, they are engaged in highly effective professional development." The authors emphasize assessments FOR learning that "are diagnostic rather than summative. They give both teachers and students feedback to help guide their actions -- revising, reteaching, focusing practice." McTighe and Emberger describe, in detail, three strategies that teachers can use to collaborate on the development of performance tasks and assessments. (250k PDF file)
Mctighe, J. & Emberger, M. (2006). Teamwork on asessments creates powerful professional development. Journal of staff development (Vol. 27 No. 1, Winter 2006). Retrieved from the National Staff Development Council 12 May 2008. http://www.nsdc.org/members/jsd/mctighe271.pdf
