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EP7: The Grading Trap!

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EP6: Three Quick Assessment Wins

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EP5: The Anatomy of a Good Rubric

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EP4: Are Common Assessments Worth It?

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EP3: Feedback - Simple & Complex

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EP2: Quieting the Grading Noise

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EP1: Five Reasons we're still "doing" Assessment

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TRAILER - Introducing Assess THAT with Tom & Nat (Assessment, Grading,

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[TSP Classic] Ken Williams (March 2022)

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[TSP Classic] John Hattie (October 2022)

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[TSP Classic] Yvette Jackson (May 2021)

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INTRODUCING: UYES Podcast with Tom Schimmer & Natalie Vardabasso

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[TSP Classic] Zaretta Hammond: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

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I'm Back | Paula Maeker | UYES!

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Elevate Your Moments | Ashley Aoki | Assessment Pressure

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BONUS: Assessment, Change, & Mindset through Story (w/ Natalie Vardabasso)

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Why Not Me? | Jon Orr | Implementation Errors

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Allow the Negative | Alex Kajitani | Assessment Dilemma

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Act Toward | Discipline as Noun | Judge Holistically

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Act as If | Relationships through Learning | Levels to %

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Spot Upfront | Cale Birk | Know Your Purpose

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Biology of Belief | Nikta Afonso | Time to Pushback

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Mindset Minute | Julie Schmidt Hasson | Now is the Time

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BONUS: New BC Reporting Order

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Reset on Failure | Dylan Wiliam (Pt. 2) | Fake Grading War

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Exceptions Prove the Rule | Dylan Wiliam | Cumulative Effect

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Can vs Should | Shaunak Roy | Redefining Student Accountability (2)

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Less is More | Eric Sheninger | Redefining Student Accountability

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Thank you! | Ron Ritchhart | Idea Cults in Assessment

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ChatGPT in Education | Jessica Vance | ChatGPT & Assessment

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Last Thing You Said | Shelley Moore | Portfolios

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Impact Update | Rob Dunlop | Overrater Explains

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Cost of NOT Changing | Tim Stephenson | Next Generation Assessment

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One Word Failure | Jan Chappuis | Anything but Aribrary

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BONUS: Teach Better ’22 (Part 2)

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No Holiday Trophy | Top 5 Holiday Movies | Empowerment Ecosystem

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Celebrate Your Wins | Kristine Tesoriero Mizzone | Culturally Responsive Assessment

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Now is the Time | Kyle Pearce | Procedure for Inferences

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Get What You Give | Genein Letford | Personalized Exams

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Two Choices | Eric Saibel | Rethinking Group Grades

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Relationship with Research | Laura Rizo | Standardized Test Engagement

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Teach Better ’22 (Part 1)

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Respectful Engagement | Dave Schmittou | AP Exam Format

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Dear Society | Dawn Harris | Reassessing ’Big Rocks’

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Complainers | Joe Feldman | Rubrics 101

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Must Be Measurable | John Hattie | The Good Ol’ Test

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Quiet Quitting | John Hattie | Willful Distortion

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Can You Be Led? | Connie Hamilton | Fractured Relationship

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Reborn a Critic | Livia Chan | Synthesizing Standards

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Answer the Question | Joe Sanfelippo | Jackpot!

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Spoiler Rules | Lindsay Titus | Sustaining Change

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Teaching Still Matters | Lainie Rowell | Leadership Blindspots

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We Must Listen | Nathan Wear | Gradeless vs Grade Less

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Friends like Family | Gholdy Muhammad | Assessing Competencies

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Tales from MTL | Tyrone McNeil | Assessment Analogies

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What’s a Majority? | Zaretta Hammond | Non-Negotiables v Philosophy

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I Was Tested | Andrea Samadi | Where to Begin

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Negative Self-Talk | Rick Jetter | Assess THAT!

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Allowed an Opinion? | Robert Cobbs | What Are You Assessing?

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BeReal with Me | Mike Mattos | 3 Strikes in Grading Reform

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Another Happiness Killer | Mirko Chardin | Leveled Responses

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Ego of AP | Morgane Michael | Mastery for Targets

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Must Be Nice | Tony Reibel | Get Them Talking

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Passions or Strengths | Chey Cheney | Concise Answers

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Virtue Signalling is Good | Jimmy Casas | Confirm What You Suspect

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Beware of the Curious | Rosa Perez-Isiah | Assessment Mantra

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Relationship with Research | Ken Williams | Unnecessary Overkill

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Do Something | Sascha Heckmann | Art of Corrections

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Funny about Money |Tim Cavey | High School GPA

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Advocate Honestly | Tom Murray | Trauma-Informed Assessment (2)

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Leave Wordle Alone | Allison Dillard | Trauma-Informed Assessment

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Generation Wrong? | Defining Success | Emotional Side of Assessment

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Ruining Words | Susan Brookhart | Trust the Process

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Why Not You? | Heather Lyon | Instructional Efficiency

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Enough with the Fluff | Monica Burns | Would You Accept It?

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Impact | Andrew Maxey | Overcorrection

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Here We Go Again | George Sugai (Pt. 2) | Your Assessment Journey

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I‘m Doing That! | George Sugai | Think They‘re Right

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If Not Ed | Hedreich Nichols | Myths of Summative Assessment

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What‘s Happened to Us? | Brian Butler | Common Assessments

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Milestones | Garnet Hillman | Engineering Conversations

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Machinery of Achievement | Pav Wander | Acceptable Alternatives

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Divisiveness | Doug Reeves (Pt. 2) | Assessment Relevance

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Risk is Reward | Doug Reeves (Pt. 1) | Targeted Feedback

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Fear of Regret | Tina Boogren | Method vs Format

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Shine Bright | Luis Cruz | Don‘t Overthink It

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Disproving the Theory | Phyllis Fagell | The Allure of Quick

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Second Opinions | Cathy Vatterott | Peer Assessment

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Present as Epilogue | Rachel Carrillo Fairchild | No Point-Fives

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Are We Too Serious? | Greg Wolcott | Willing & Able

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Summer Series: Trauma-Informed Education

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Summer Series: Women in Leadership

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Summer Series: Standards-Based Grading

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Summer Series: Social-Emotional Learning

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Summer Series: UDL

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Association isn't Causation | Ken O'Connor | Teaching to the Test

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Lessons from Songland | Mandy Stalets | Enough Evidence?

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Public Humility | Jennifer Abrams | Constructed-Response

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With Age Comes... | Yvette Jackson | Non-Verbal Cues

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Teacher Appreciation | Natalie Vardabasso | Assessment Purpose