Assessment is today's means of modifying tomorrow's instruction.

Readiness is a student’s entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill.

We need teacher educators who regularly spend a great deal of time in classrooms so they have a deep understanding of where they students will teach.

I have little interest in a surgeon who says, "I learned that when I was in medical school. Why should I revisit it?" or who says, "I've done that operation the same way for ten years. Don't bother me with new approaches." I see teaching in the same way.

As educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work.

We need teacher educators who are hungry to learn about and implement contemporary approaches to teaching and learning in their own classrooms and who are reflective about their work with their students.

The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice on a regular basis.