Confession - I have NEVER had an entire unit planned before school started starting the unit. But this summer, I got excited. I made the decision to not test my basic geometry students. Basic geometry is my school's non-proof-based geometry, so it has a mix of about 30-50% special education students, a few ELL students, and the rest are students who simply struggle in math. I'm sure you can guess that test days don't always go over so well and are often predicable. Several students do very well, some students bomb it, and little is gained from the test experience. That's why I plan to switch to a project-based geometry this year for my basic geometry students. We will still have a few concept quizzes to make sure procedural fluency is up-to-snuff, but my main assessment strategy will be projects. Here's a sneak peak of my first unit (fully planned!!). Some quick things to note: I teach on a block schedule (83 minutes per day, every day for a semester) A