SMARTmove

Designed to enhance teacher practice, SMARTmove builds the capacity of teachers and principals to utilize the power of formative assessment strategies and professional learning communities to improve student achievement. Building on the work of Paul Black, Dylan Wiliam, Jan and Stephen Chappuis, Doug Reeves, and other assessment experts, SMARTmove components include:

SMARTschools
building Professional Learning Communities
SMARTassessment
understanding formative, summative, benchmark, and classroom assessment
SMARTexpectations
learning about learning intentions
SMARTquestions
finding out what students know — effective questioning
SMARTfeedback
providing feedback and developing grading practices to support student learning
SMARTchoice
using student self and peer assessment
SMARTwalk
learning to walk — walking to learn about classroom instructional practices