Tracking Student Progress and Intensity of Classes — Connecting These Ideas to Student Learning

As a teacher, how do you know your students are learning?

Although this question may seem simple to answer, the way a teacher or coach answers the question has profound philosophical and practical effects. Changing the answer affects what is taught (curriculum), how information is presented (instruction), and the ways students practice and perform (assessment). In addition, combining the answer to the question with how quickly the learning needs to occur changes the…