About the webinar

Using assessments to improve student learning involves more than simply regular “formative” assessments. It requires teachers to make well-designed assessments an integral part of the instructional process.

This presentation describes how teachers can gather useful information on students’ performance, offer effective feedback to guide improvements in teaching and learning, and then accurately document students’ learning progress.

Participants will learn how to use classroom assessments as effective learning tools, how to integrate performance assessments with more traditional assessment methods, how to avoid classic mistakes with “redo” or “re-assessment” policies, and how to better meet the needs of diverse learners.

About Thomas Guskey

We are honoured to have Professor Thomas Guskey on the Cognition Learning Group Education Advisory Panel.

Prof. Thomas Guskey is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky where he served as Department Chair, Head of the Educational Psychology Area Committee, and President of the Faculty Council. He has been a Visiting Professor at ten other universities in the U.S. and a Visiting Scholar at universities in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. He began his career in education as a middle school teacher and earned his doctorate at the University of Chicago under the direction of Professor Benjamin S. Bloom. He served as an administrator in Chicago Public Schools before becoming the first director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, a national research centre.

Tom is the author/editor of 25 award-winning books and more than 250 book chapters, articles, and professional papers on educational measurement, evaluation, assessment, grading, and teacher professional learning. Some of his recent books include: Get Set, Go! Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems; What We Know About Grading; and Evaluating Professional Development.

He served on the Policy Research Team of the U.S. National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future, and on the task force to develop the U.S. National Standards for Professional Development. His work is dedicated to helping teachers and school leaders use quality educational research to help all of their students learn well and gain the many valuable benefits of that success. He Tweets at @tguskey.