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Last month’s CAPS meeting explored effective institutional tier 2 supports: what processes do we have in place for students who do not master essential standards after our best first instruction, and also how are we extending learning for advanced students who need extensions? I have been teaching AP English since 2013, so when our speaker,…

An anecdote about authentic assessment At last month’s CAPS meeting, our guiding coalition was asked to reflect on the extent to which our team’s gradebooks were an accurate reflection of student learning. That is to say—as a team—do we avoid things like grading on compliance or completion? Can a student with an A in a…