Providing students with opportunities to reassess and relearn honors the fact that every teacher knows — students learn at different rates and paces. Reassessment is not a free-for-all and still requires students to demonstrate their learning by a teacher or school-directed deadline. If your school is seeking to implement reassessment with more consistency or fidelity, below are six resources to support your learning.
- Article: “Redos and Retakes Done Right” – Former middle school teacher Rick Wormeli provides a nice dose of the why and how of redos, retakes and reassessment. If you are a looking for a quick conversation starter for your staff, this article may be it!
- Book: Fair isn’t Always Equal (2nd edition) – Within this book, Rick Wormeli provides a longer description of the why and how of reassessment. This could be a good book study if a much longer and more in-depth discussion is warranted.
- Chapter 8, “Redos, Retakes, and Reassessment in Action” from the book, Standards-Based Learning in Action is written by Tom Schimmer, Garnet Hillman and Mandy Stalets. Figure 8.3 is a gem that provides common questions students and teachers may ask about reassessment.
- Chapter 5, “How to Give Students Credit for What they Know” from the book, Grading from the Inside Out is written by Tom Schimmer. If your school or classroom is looking for a sample reflection sheet that a teacher may use with students as part of the reassessment process, check out page 69!
- Chapter 4, “How to Provide Students With Multiple Opportunities to Demonstrate their Learning” in my book, Making Grades Matter: Standards-Based Grading in a Secondary PLC at Work documents implementation pitfalls to avoid and sample reassessment/relearning plans to consider.
- Chapter 5, “Emphasizing More Recent Evidence” from Ken O’Connor’s classic book, How to Grade for Learning (4th edition) includes three reasons to reassess and a sample reassessment request form.
What other resources have you found to be helpful in supporting teachers with redos, reassessment and relearning? Add your favorites to the comments below!