Teachers are constantly bombarded with the phrases “yearly student progress” and “data-based assessment,” and with good reason: These benchmarks are crucial to the process of learning. Teachers desire their students to make progress, and data-based assessment provides...
It’s that time of the school year: Pencils disappear, interruptions increase, days shorten, holidays approach, and temperatures drop. The newness has worn off. Most teachers and experts recognize that late autumn elicits a distinct period of mid-year slump, partly...
