I just read this post from the sister of Red Deer teacher, Joe Bower. It reminds me of the story Del Litke liked to tell about his experience teaching an assessment course to education students at Red Deer College where he was told his final marks were too high. Didn't matter that the students had met the criteria of the course; the final marks didn't fit the curve so they needed to be changed. I think we're getting past that in K-12 education, especially in our division where we've focused so much on valid assessment. But it makes me think hard about my assessment practices -- am I really assessing what I want my students to learn? I have to look at that on a daily basis and do the check on myself to make sure.
But now I need to go back and read some more of Joe's blog posts -- I suspect there is definitely some food for thought there.
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