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WHO we work with
For 25 years, we’ve helped educational professionals like you create a more meaningful and powerful experience for students. Our mission is to drive positive change through better classroom assessment and ignite passion in education.

Principals and school leaders

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Elementary school teachers

Secondary school teachers

Department heads and chairs

Grade level team leaders

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University students and faculty
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how we can help you
Busy educators need the right resources at the right time. We offer a full array of options, so you can focus on what matters to you and your students.
WHO WE ARE
We provide innovative and inspirational guidance for education professionals who want to improve the lives of learners. With over three decades of classroom and consultation experience, our highly qualified team has enabled dramatic, positive change at schools across Canada and the US, and around the world.
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FREE RESOURCES
Want free tools you can implement for positive change immediately? Just check back here frequently, and download an ever-changing variety of our resources. We love to share with people who love education.

USING MARGIN SYMBOLS: FREE DOWNLOAD
Margin symbols are a highly effective and fun way for students to communicate with you. These simple symbols enable them to quickly convey their thoughts on areas of strength or weakness. Part of the book Self-assessment and Goal Setting, Margin Symbols is a powerful, free resource for you.
BUILDING AN ASSESSMENT PLAN: FREE DOWNLOAD
Whether you are just getting started, or have decades of experience, our comprehensive assessment planning guide will help set you and your students up for success this year. Using learning outcomes, thinking through evidence of learning, activities, tasks, agendas, and proof/evidence will help you build your own assessment plan no matter whether your focus is a subject area, a course, or a grade level.
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Step Four – Getting ready for the new school year: planning to involve students in the collection of evidence
Each new school year is a time of hope – this year will be the best year ever! Taking the time to create an assessment plan will help you make this...
Step Three – Getting ready for the new school year: planning to collect baseline evidence of learning
Each new school year is a time of hope – this year will be the best year ever! Taking the time to create an assessment plan will help you make this...
Step Two – Getting ready for the new school year: preparing to evaluate by considering evidence of learning
Each new school year is a time of hope – this year will be the best year ever! Taking the time to create an assessment plan will help you make this...