Carol Ann Tomlinson: The Problem with Assessment in a Differentiated Classroom

my colleague Tanya moon with whom I wrote the book assessment in Student Success in a differentiated classroom is an assessment expert and I've heard her say many times over the years there really is no problem with assessment and differentiation it's just that we have so many problems with assessment including grading that it prades

everything and it's a bit of a challenge everywhere the issues around assess and a differentiated classroom um really ought not to be any different than just the issues around formative assessment because by definition formative assessment is a tool that a teacher uses to understand kids proximity to particular learning goals in order for

that teacher to teach better so if you follow the logic of formative assessment differentiation will have to happen it's not a separate thing it's part of that sequence