High School

Item Design Guidelines

Teachers–present and future–want to design psychometrically sound questions for quizzes and tests? Who doesn’t?! Here is “cheat sheet” for designing good test questions. We call questions “items” in psychometrics. This […]

Posted on February 21, 2022
By Matthew Stuve
In AIR Original,All Grade,Elementary,High School,Instrument Design,Middle School / Jr. High,Teacher Education,Teacher Educators,Teachers: In-service,Teachers: Pre-Service
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What Special Ed Teachers and Parents Need To Know About Social Media

An article was recently written regarding social media usage with teenagers who have disabilities. The article mentions the positive aspects of the use of social media. An example includes talking […]

Posted on April 12, 2016
By ebfolland
In Assessment in the News,High School,Middle School / Jr. High,Parents,Teachers: In-service
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Performance Rubric of Laboratory activities

Submitted by Frank Foster May 2015 In my many years as a science teacher, I have struggled with the following idea: How do I grade how a student gets results […]

Posted on May 13, 2015
By Matthew Stuve
In AIR Original,AP,High Ability,High School,Instrument Design,Science,Teachers: In-service
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ActiVote Technology

Submitted by Shelby Meints May 2015 ActiVote is an example of a student response system or learning response system. This specific response system allows teachers to poll students at any […]

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By Matthew Stuve
In All Grade,Classroom Practice,Elementary,High School,K-12 Administrators,Middle School / Jr. High,Teacher Education,Teachers: In-service,Teachers: Pre-Service,Technology
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Formative Assessment

Submitted by Paige Pohlmann May 2015 It is likely that if you are a professional educator or studying to be a professional educator that you have heard the term formative […]

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By Matthew Stuve
In All Grade,Classroom Practice,Elementary,High School,Middle School / Jr. High,Pre-School,Teacher Education,Teachers: In-service,Teachers: Pre-Service
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