How to Look at Student Work to Uncover Student Thinking

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Student work is the primary means of learning in most if not all classroom lessons and the primary source of evidence about that learning. Yet research shows that many educators look at student work more to ascertain its correctness rather than to delve into what it reveals about students' thought processes and understanding.

Looking at Student Work

Inferring What Students Are Thinking

Providing Effective Feedback

Deciding on Next Instructional Moves

Supporting Professional Development

Looking at Student Work in a New Way

About the authors

Susan M. Brookhart, PhD, is professor emerita in the School of Education at Duquesne University and an independent educational consultant working with schools, districts, regional educational service units, universities, and states doing professional development.

She was the 2007–2009 editor of Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice and is currently an associate editor of Applied Measurement in Education. She is the author or coauthor of numerous books on classroom assessment, teacher professional development, and evaluation.

Brookhart has been named the 2014 Jason Millman Scholar by the Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness (CREATE) and is the recipient of the 2015 Samuel J. Messick Memorial Lecture Award from ETS/TOEFL.

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Alice Oakley cofounded Education Resource Group (ERG) in 2004. Its mission is to provide high-quality staff development that promotes the growth of all learners. A lifelong educator, she has taught science, social studies, and English language arts at elementary and secondary levels.

Since cofounding ERG, Oakley has coached adults and led professional development. She’s been a school-level curriculum facilitator and part of a district-level formative assessment team and has developed materials for classroom teachers, instructional leaders, administrators, and parents on a variety of academic topics, instructional methods, and human behaviors.