The course gives teachers many opportunities to review student work both formally and informally. All assessments are optional and to be used at the teacher’s discretion. Assessment tools include:
Rubrics to guide student writing, presentations, and PBL projects.
Lesson-closing activities such as exit cards, group discussions, peer reviews, and essays,
Practice-question sets available at the end of each lesson and in end-of-term exams.
Formal writing activities such as Investigation essays and research papers, which research shows help improve student writing proficiency over the duration of the course. Download our research report to see the results.