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May 19, 2022·

Starr Sackstein on the Second Edition of her book Hacking Assessment

Starr Sackstein on her New BookHacking Assessment Second Edition Listen to Mastery Portfolio’s COO, Starr Sackstein, on the Equity & Access Pre-K 12 Podcast as she discusses her new book…

May 19, 2022·

Deepen Reflection, Deepen Learning

Teachers can learn a lot from asking students to reflect and self-assess against the standards and we do the students and ourselves a disservice by not making it an expectation.…

May 16, 2022·

A Better Way to Report Learning

What is the function of a student report card? What does it seek to communicate? How effectively do most student report cards share information about individual student achievement? What if…

April 21, 2022·

The Emotional Weight of Being Graded, for Better or Worse

The trouble with these extreme emotional reactions to grades is that students’ knowledge of a subject is tied to their experience of the grade.

April 7, 2022·

Giving Effective Feedback

In this episode, Isaac and Starr Sackstein discuss giving effective feedback and ways teachers can manage giving feedback and holding students accountable in order to be efficient in maintaining the…

March 31, 2022·

Co-Constructing Success Criteria with Students

In Episode 167 of The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast Starr Sackstein and Jennifer Gonzalez talk about Co-constructing success criteria of students. Why is co-constructing success criteria with students important? What…

March 24, 2022·

Office Hours: 30 minutes with Constance Borro

“Having specific, real-time data doesn’t seem possible in the status quo, but it is possible, and that data is transformative. “ Constance Borro, CEO of Mastery Portfolio Constance Borro, CEO of…

March 17, 2022·

Video: 6 Tips For Going Gradeless

Change the conversation about grading to one about learning. When a student asks, “what did I get?” redirect him/her to “what did you learn?” The language we use around learning…

March 10, 2022·

Could You Teach Without Grades?

Starr Sackstein, COO of Mastery Portfolio, and Jennifer Gonzalez from Cult of Pedagogy talk about redesigning grading and assessment in the classroom. Are you receiving pushback from educators or families…