A wooden mannequin raises its arms toward a paper brain with radiating lines, symbolizing an idea. Bold text reads: "How are we explicitly teaching students metacognitive strategies?" In the corner, a logo says "lead inclusion."
🤔 Metacognitive self-awareness helps students understand their own learning process. Are we explicitly teaching metacognitive strategies? #LeadInclusion #EdChat #EdTech #SPEDChat #SBLChat #Education #EduEky
Cloud letters spell "Sky's the Limit" in a blue sky. Below, white text states the power of high expectations and instruction.
🔑 How well #students with #IEPs succeed depends largely on the expectations teachers hold for them. Never underestimate the combined power of high expectations and awesome instruction. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat
An adult engages with two children in a learning activity at a table, emphasizing collaboration. Text reads, "Data doesn't have to mean counting and calculating."
📉 Data doesn't have to mean calculation. Observation and conversation often yield the most valid data. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #EduSky
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Text saying "Grading less isn't unexplored territory. Montessori showed us the benefits and the how" over Earth from space. Logo reads "lead inclusion."
📈 Grading less isn't an unknown. Visit a #Montessori school to see students engaged for the joy of learning, growing every day with no grades. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #EDchat #EDtech #SpedChat #SBLchat #ATAssessment #TG2chat
A teacher joyfully guides a smiling student at a computer. Text reads, "Feedback is the priority, not a grade." Logo: "Lead Inclusion."
🔍 Gone are the days when the purpose of #assessment was to #grade and rank #students. Assessment is part of the instructional process--#feedback is the priority, not a grade. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #EdLeaders #Teachers #SBLchat #TG2Chat
Children writing in a classroom, focused and engaged. Text reads, "A formal assessment is sometimes the least valid way to assess."
📈 A more formal assessment doesn't necessarily lead to greater assessment accuracy. Often, informal chat with a learner is our most reliable and valid evaluation. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #ATAssessment
Corkboard with pushpins, displaying text: "For some students, the format of the assessment keeps them from showing what they learned. Options are the key!"
💡 Until we give students multiple options to show their learning, we are not implementing the spirit of SBG. Without options, the format confounds the variable being measured. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat
A hand holds a red pen, marking an "A+" on a standardized test form. The text reads "Good teaching requires assessment, not grading."
📊 Assessment is necessary for good teaching. #Grading is not. Dialoguing with, listening to, and observing #students are often our best #assessment. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat
Trees on stacked coins symbolize growth against a blurred green background. Text: "Our rubrics need to shift...focus on what's next!" Circular logo says "lead inclusion."
📈 Our rubrics need to shift from being focused on what's missing to what's next. Learning progressions empower a growth mindset by focusing on what students CAN do. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #EduSky
A pencil on a multiple-choice test paper, with text overlay: "Assessment reform comes before grading reform."
📈 Even the best standards-based scales can't save us from a culture of competition. Reform in classroom assessment comes before grading reform. 🌟 #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #EDtech #SpedChat #SBLchat #ATAssessment
A child in a superhero cape and mask strikes a strong pose against a yellow background. The text reads, "The end game isn’t compliance; it’s self-directed learning."
💪 Compliance is not the ultimate goal of school. We don't only want students to be able to follow rules, we want them to make informed decisions, use their voice, and SHAPE the rules. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #EdLeaders #Educators #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #ATAssessment
A hand stacks blocks with blue arrows, illustrating "steps to mastery": acquisition, fluency, maintenance, transfer. Text cites Haring et al., 1978.
📚 Steps to mastery of a skill: 1. acquisition (I did it once) 2. fluency (I can do it consistently) 3. maintenance (I can keep doing it) 4. transfer (I can use it in new ways) (Hanson, et al., 1978) and still true. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #EduSky
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Get fired up about inclusive practices, not for “my students” and “your students,” but for OUR students. ALL students are ours, and all students belong! #LeadInclusion #EduSky #InclusiveEd #SBLchat
A stressed student sits at a desk, head in hands, surrounded by peers in a classroom. Text discusses the harmful impact of singling out students.
Making comments that single out students with missing assignments creates an atmosphere that they are lesser and affects the way their classmates view their worth. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #InclusiveEd #SBLchat
Two children smile playfully with fingers forming glasses against leafy background. Left text reads, "Investment in students' aspirations..." with "lead inclusion" logo.
Investment in students' aspirations is the ultimate expression of equity-driven schooling. It communicates to students, "We see you." #LeadInclusion #EduSky #InclusiveEd #SBLchat
Wooden blocks arranged as ascending steps on a black background, beside text emphasizing research-based student intervention for mastery. Logo in the corner.
Intervention is systematically moving a student to proficiency on a critical skill using a research-based practice. (Homework support doesn't count.) #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #EduSky
A woman in a white sleeveless top and dark pants stands pensively against a textured gray wall, hand to forehead, with an exaggerated shadow behind her raising an arm upward in a gesture of aspiration. White text overlay reads: "High expectations and awesome instruction are a powerful combination." Bottom left: circular logo with red-and-blue equals sign and "lead inclusion."
🔑 How well #students with #IEPs succeed depends largely on the expectations teachers hold for them. Never underestimate the combined power of high expectations and awesome instruction. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #EduSky
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As 2025 comes to an end, it’s a perfect moment to look back and explore the most noteworthy literature published over the past year that aligns with standards-based grading ideas.
What articles would you add to this list? #sblchat #grading
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A black magnifying glass rests on an open blue spiral notebook against a white background. Large bold black text in a rounded white speech bubble reads, "Missing isn’t evidence of no learning. It’s just no evidence." The "lead inclusion." logo is in the bottom right corner.
🔍 Missing work doesn’t mean missing learning—it just means we don’t have the evidence yet. Instead of assuming gaps, let’s focus on how we can gather evidence of learning. #GradingForGrowth
#LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #EduSky
I have been so fortunate to spend the year working with three schools within the Madera Unified School District and this week is my last visit. They are amazing and ready to move forward, but I will miss them all! #atassessment #sblchat @solutiontree.bsky.social
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So happy to share this guest blog I did with #TeachersDeserveIt. Everyone can grow & get better, no matter how good you are at what you do.
#EduSky #UDL #MTSS #RTI #EdLeaders #SBLchat #Ungrading #Inclusion #SpEd #Teacher #teach #school @raehughart.bsky.social
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A black magnifying glass rests on an open blue spiral notebook against a white background. Large bold black text in a rounded white speech bubble reads, "Missing isn’t evidence of no learning. It’s just no evidence." The "lead inclusion." logo is in the bottom right corner.
🔍 Missing work doesn’t mean missing learning—it just means we don’t have the evidence yet. Instead of assuming gaps, let’s focus on how we can gather evidence of learning. #GradingForGrowth
#LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #EduSky
Sad that this is still relevant.
#EduSky #UDL #MTSS #RTI #EdLeaders #SBLchat #Ungrading #Inclusion #SpEd
A bright blue sky with white fluffy text written as skywriting that says, "SKY'S THE LIMIT." On the left side, large bold red text reads, "We can’t ever underestimate the combined power of high expectations & awesome instruction." The "lead inclusion." logo is in the bottom right corner.
🔑 How well #students with #IEPs succeed depends largely on the expectations teachers hold for them. Never underestimate the combined power of high expectations and awesome instruction. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #EduSky
A wooden artist mannequin stands with raised arms beneath a crumpled yellow paper "light bulb," with yellow paper rays emanating from it, symbolizing an idea. Large bold blue text on the left reads, "How are we explicitly teaching students metacognitive strategies?" The "lead inclusion." logo appears in the bottom right corner.
🤔 Metacognitive self-awareness helps students understand their own learning process. Are we explicitly teaching metacognitive strategies? #LeadInclusion #EduSky #edchat #edtech #spedchat #sblchat #education
A classroom scene featuring a teacher with glasses and long hair leaning over to assist a young girl in a pink shirt, who is focused on her work. Another student, partially visible, is also engaged in an activity. The background features shelves with books, baskets, and decorative items. Large bold green text reads, "Data doesn't have to mean counting and calculating." Below, a semi-transparent box contains blue text stating, "Observation & conversation often yield the most valid data." The "lead inclusion." logo is in the top right corner.
📉 Data doesn't have to mean calculation. Observation and conversation often yield the most valid data. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #EduSky
