Hopefully your students are beginning to settle in and everything is progressing well in your classes.  As you begin (or continue) to grade your students’ assignments and think about test construction, consider this article, Getting More “Teaching” out of “Testing” and “Grading,” from Stanford University’s Newsletter Speaking of Teaching.  In the article Kelly McGonigal provides a range of ideas and suggestions for establishing meaningful methods of assessment that range from assignment creation to feedback.  Check it out and let me know what you think!