A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of presenting about the Common Core State Standards at the Educator Day of Discovery in Silver Spring, MD. I went in expecting most of the educators that were going to come to the session to have little or no knowledge about the CCSS or the assessment consortia
Teach to the Test
Believe it or not, not all students hate tests. When I was a student I loved being tested. When other students would be frantically reviewing notes, shaking nervously and watching the clock as the seconds ticked down too quickly to T-time, I would sit at my desk excited and raring to go. “How could a
Psychometricians or Psychics?
When I was younger I used to believe in more other-worldly things, such as astrology, tarot and dream interpretations. I believed that I could look at another person’s palm and be able to predict his/her future. I believed the reason I was imaginative, restless, and enthusiastic was because I was a Gemini. I even went