Collaborative Assessment Conference

A piece of student work has the potential to reveal not only the student's mastery of the curriculum's goals, but also a wealth of information about the student: her/his intellectual interests, strengths, and struggles. The Collaborative Assessment Conference was designed to give teachers a systematic way to mine this richness. It provides a structure by which teachers come together to look at a piece of work, first to determine what it reveals about the student and the issues she/he cares about, and then to consider how the student's issues and concerns relate to the teacher's goals for the student. The last part of the conversation the - discussion of classroom practice - grows out of these initial considerations.