The Long and Short of It

Short Answer Ambassadors
Intro Hello there, my name is Adam Sparks. My wife Alexa and I are the creators of Short Answer! First, we want to say thank

TEKS + Short Answer
Short Answer in Texas Welcome Texas educators! Short Answer’s approach is a particularly good fit in schools that teach the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

What’s with all the comparing in Short Answer?
When we lead professional development with schools at Short Answer, we often open with a controversial statement: Peer-to-peer feedback can be just as effective as

We don’t give students rubrics. Why is that?
The case against rubrics “Why don’t you give students rubrics when they provide peer feedback in Short Answer?” It’s a question we hear often from

AI detectors don’t work. What does that mean for K12 writing instruction?
An Inflection Point for K12 Writing K12 writing instruction is at an important inflection point. New AI tools like ChatGPT have turned long-held practices upside
3 Helpful Teacher AI Prompts from Short Answer
What is an AI Prompt? An AI “prompt” is a written directive given to an AI model (e.g. ChatGPT) instructing it to generate a specific