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Authentic Education Team

The research is clear: good feedback is essential to learning at high levels. Alas, too few […]
A few loyal readers wrote worried emails: Grant, are you OK??? Yes, I’m just fine. Alas, […]
What if we hired and placed teachers completely differently? I have been thinking about this issue […]
The blog gods are very fickle. I had almost put the finishing touches on Validity Part […]
In the first post in this series, I defined what validity is and why it is […]
We interrupt this general look at test validity to comment on very important educational research that […]
[ Note: I have made a number of line edits for clarity since this was first […]
It can be said flatly that the mere act of listening to wise statements and sound […]
As I mentioned in Part 1, numerous attempts to improve the lecture have been proposed and […]
I recently wrote that Understanding by Design is agnostic about any specific method or pedagogy. The […]