Seeing Progress

Evidence-based Strategies

Develop a comprehensive, non-threatening approach for assessing and placing students, evaluating their progress, and sharing this information with students.

a. Develop a comprehensive, non-threatening approach for assessing and placing students, evaluating their progress, and sharing this information with students. See Examples, Research, and Tools.

b. Provide students constructive feedback on their learning and progress, and opportunities to reflect on and self-assess their progress, including holding regularly-scheduled conferences with students. See Examples, Research, and Tools.

c. Help adults learn to identify signs of progress and strategies for monitoring their learning independently. See Examples, Research, and Tools.

d. Help students set achievable short-term goals or benchmarks toward long-term goals in order to see progress and feel a sense of accomplishment. See Examples, Research, and Tools.

e. Revisit goals with students, individually and in groups, so that they can monitor their progress and consider new goals and possibilities. See Examples, Research, and Tools.

f. Recognize a broad range of student achievements, both academic and non-academic, and celebrate students who accomplish goals. See Examples, Research, and Tools.