Quick Write Public Beta Promotion
Quick Write Overview Quick Write is Short Answer’s newest activity. Students submit a response, then receive a proficiency score and AI feedback for each success criteria. The class earns points based on proficiency scores with a cooperative goal of hitting a target class score. Students can then pair up and discuss the results together. Quick […]
Quick Write Overview
What is Quick Write? Quick Write is Short Answer’s newest activity (use the clickable walkthrough below to preview). Students submit a response, then receive a proficiency score and AI feedback for each success criteria. The class earns points based on proficiency scores with a cooperative goal of hitting a target class score. Students can then […]
Winter webinar recording and resources
At Short Answer, we work to make writing across the curriculum easy and effective through short-form, social, research-aligned writing activities for any subject. As a part of our work at Short Answer, we lead workshops with schools across the country on the adjustments that need to be made to K12 writing in the wake of […]
Short Answer Resources for Georgia Educators
Short Answer in Georgia At Short Answer, we help schools embed high quality writing practice across the curriculum through gamified writing activities for any subject. We also lead workshops with schools across the world focused on adjusting K12 writing instruction in a world in which AI can now write for students. As such, we think […]
3 tips for making Short Answer even more social
How are we going to motivate students to want to learn how to write in a world in which AI can now write for them? At Short Answer, we think about this…a lot. We discuss it in depth in our writing & AI workshops and are factoring it into the AI features we’re building now […]
Assessing writing in the age of AI: The case for assessment scales
Short Answer & The Stanford EdClub were honored to cohost Dr. Mike Perkins and Leon Furze for a conversation about their AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) and how it can be used to adjust K12 writing assessment in the wake of AI. The conversation originally took place on Thursday, October 10th 2024. The recording, along with […]
The hidden meaning behind our new avatars
We’re updating our student avatars in Short Answer this week. This may seem like a small, cosmetic update. We actually think it belies a deeper truth that we want to be intentional about as we continue to build Short Answer: Feedback is emotional. That emotion can make or break the learning benefits of feedback in […]
Updates to the Short Answer student experience
7 Updates to the Student Experience You’ll notice changes to the Short Answer student experience in the coming weeks. This is the first part of a larger update we’ll be pushing out this fall. These updates grow directly from the feedback of hundreds of educators during the ‘23-’24 school year (Short Answer’s first full school […]
Increase assessment rigor with our simple guide
5 Pillars of Effective Formative Assessment The 5 pillars of effective formative assessment, identified by Dr. Paul Black and Dr. Dylan Wiliam in their formative assessment research, are: 🎯 Clarifying, sharing, and understanding learning intentions and success criteria 🔍 Eliciting evidence of learning ✍️ Providing feedback that moves learning forward 🧑🎓 Activating learners as instructional resources […]
AI & K12 Assessment: A Conversation with Dr. Dylan Wiliam Webinar Recording
Short Answer & The Stanford EdClub were honored to cohost Dr. Dylan Wiliam for a conversation on AI and K12 assessment on Thursday, August 1st 2024. The recording, along with research and resources discussed in the conversation, are linked below. About Short Answer Short Answer supports writing across the curriculum initiatives by making it fun […]
