Teaching for Deeper Learning

Jay McTighe

Jay McTighe is a veteran education and accomplished author, having co-written 18 books, including the award-winning and best-selling Understanding by Design series with Grant Wiggins. His books have been translated into fourteen languages. Jay has also written more than 50 book chapters, articles and blogs, and been published in leading journals, including Educational Leadership (ASCD), Edutopia and Education Week. Jay has an extensive background in professional development and is a regular speaker at state, national and international conferences. He has made presentations in 48 states within the United States, in 7 Canadian provinces, and internationally in 41 countries on six continents.

• What about your past work and interests contributes to your commitment and enthusiasm for the topic(s) you are going to present at BBAF?  My extensive work with performance-based assessments at the state level in Maryland—in both large scale and classroom levels—has convinced me of their potential to make learning more engaging and relevant for learners while assessing important learning outcomes that can otherwise “fall through the cracks” of conventional testing.
• One wish you have that (if granted) would make a better assessment future for students?  I would love to see greater use of authentic performance tasks used as rich and relevant learning activities as well as serving as sources of assessment evidence.