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		<title>What Matters in Our Learning: Student Voice on Assessment &amp; Inquiry</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/06/14/what-matters-in-our-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through my participation in a few EdCamps, I have had the complete pleasure of meeting and chatting with North Surrey Secondary senior humanities teacher  Jonathan Vervaet(@jonathanvervaet).  I knew about his contagious passion for inquiry and assessment for learning; what I did not know was that I would also be completely awestruck and inspired by two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 BIG Assessment (AFL) Practices</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2012/01/21/6-big-assessment-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the past few years I have been involved in a number of conversations around the topic of assessment. One key struggle that I have is the many ways in which the term &#8220;formative assessment&#8221; is defined. For some educators, formative assessment involves altering our teaching practices based on quantitative data we get from tests, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessment Chat with @TomSchimmer &#8211; Thurs, Nov 17</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2011/11/15/assessment-chat-with-tomschimmer-thurs-nov-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is no secret that an area of education in which I am passionate is assessment &#8211; in particular Assessment For Learning or Formative Assessment.  The work of Dylan Williams, Ruth Sutton, Rick Stiggins, John Hattie, Ken O&#8217;Connor and Anne Davies have had a significant impact on my thoughts around assessment but since last year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Mis)measurements: The Economy &amp; Standardized Tests</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2011/08/15/mismeasurements-the-economy-standardized-tests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GNP [GDP] measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country.  It measure everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.&#8221; &#8212; Robert F. Kennedy, 1968 In the book, Child Honouring* (a book I highly recommend), Ronald Colman questions what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grading and Assessment with @tomschimmer</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2011/07/15/grading-and-assessment-with-tomschimmer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June, I offered our intermediate teachers the opportunity to attend, with me, a one day session with Tom Schimmer on the topic  of &#8220;10 Things That Matter From Assessment to Grading&#8221; (based on his newly released book of the same name).  I have been connected with Tom for about 8 months and we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Easy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2011/07/06/its-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As educators, we are often faced with an opportunity to take the easy road or the hard road.  The easy road often works for us as parents, teachers, administrators but it rarely works for kids.  The difficult road may be an immediate challenge and take much more time and effort but this is most often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognizing ALL Students: Greystone Middle School</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2011/06/24/recognizing-all-students-greystone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVERY child has a strength inside them; it is our job, as educators, to bring this out.  “Recognizing ALL Students” is a page designed to showcase the success stories of schools that have moved away from the traditional awards ceremonies and monthly assemblies that only focus on a select few students to a place where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wejr Family Awards</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2011/05/12/the-wejr-family-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://chriswejr.com/2011/05/12/the-wejr-family-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we approach May, and now that I have 2 daughters, it is time to continue a long standing Wejr Family tradition &#8211; the &#8220;Weejies&#8221; -  The Wejr Family Awards. Growing up, I was an A student and a decent athlete so I always looked forward to the day when my parents invited my family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Coach or Do You Judge?</title>
		<link>http://chriswejr.com/2011/03/13/do-you-coach-or-do-you-judge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Wejr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When it comes to assessment, think purpose, purpose, purpose&#8221;&#8211; Caren Cameron Coaching and teaching have always been passions of mine; however, I had previously considered coaching and teaching to be two completely different things. About 5 years ago, following some conversations with my principal as well as beginning my master&#8217;s program, I began to reflect [...]]]></description>
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