The Power of Performance Assessment – Part 2

The Power of Performance Assessment – Part 2

MZD presents the second in a series of articles on the Power of Performance Assessments. For each email, we will highlight a segment from our published white paper that features the benefits of performance assessments. This week our focus is on how performance...
Collaborative Scoring for Job Embedded Professional Learning

Collaborative Scoring for Job Embedded Professional Learning

Anya Derr is a former middle school and high school English teacher and has a Masters Degree in education. Before joining MZD, she was active in the K12 curriculum market. She is dedicated and passionate about empowering teachers with the right tools to better meet...
Breaking Down “Silos” with Technology

Breaking Down “Silos” with Technology

A perspective from Kim Bolz-Andolshek.   The word silo by definition, means to isolate (one system, process, department, etc.) from others. As a midwesterner, the word silo automatically conjures up the image of tall-round buildings on farmland that holds all the...