Assessment is the systematic process of collecting, reviewing, and using information about a student's knowledge, skills, beliefs, and attitudes. The purpose of this process is to improve student learning and the educational programs designed to support it.
Crafting Essential Questions
Crafting Essential Questions trains teachers to design the kinds of questions that drive inquiry and deep learning. The deck shows how essential questions spark reasoning, transfer, and reflection while connecting students to core concepts in both general and Judaic studies. It guides educators in building topical and overarching questions that make units meaningful, rigorous, and student-centered.
Creative Formative and Summative Assessments
Creative Formative and Summative Assessments challenges teachers to reflect on the purpose of assessments and their impact on student learning. The deck introduces frameworks like Understanding by Design and offers practical formative and summative strategies teachers can apply right away. It emphasizes designing assessments that move beyond recall to foster skill transfer and meaning-making.
The Power of Assessments
The Power of Assessments helps teachers rethink why, what, and how they assess. The deck introduces a range of formative assessments and shows how to embed them into the launch, core, and close of daily lessons. It guides educators to design lessons that measure content, skills, and meaning-making in ways that fit diverse learners