Assessment is one of the areas new teachers find most challenging and most consequential. This session moves beyond grades and rubrics to explore what it means to assess authentically: gathering meaningful evidence of student understanding, providing feedback that opens doors rather than closes them, and designing assessments that actually align with what was taught. Participants examine the difference between formative and summative assessment, practice giving growth-oriented feedback on student work samples, and discuss how to manage assessment workload sustainably. The session is grounded in the understanding that how teachers assess shapes how students learn and how teachers feel about their work.
