[PDF] Informative Assessment eBook

Author : Margaret Heritage
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 17,94 MB
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 145220960X

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A practical, in-depth guide to implementing formative assessment in your classroom! Formative assessment allows teachers to identify and close gaps in student understanding and move learning forward. This research-based book walks readers through every step of the process and offers illustrative examples across a range of subject areas and grade levels. This book explains how to: Clearly articulate learning progressions, learning goals, and success criteria Select strategies for assessment and provide quality feedback Engage students in self-assessment and self-management Create a classroom environment that values feedback as part of the learning process

Author : Page Keeley
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,12 MB
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 1483352196

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Formative assessment informs the design of learning opportunities that take students from their existing ideas of science to the scientific ideas and practices that support conceptual understanding. Science Formative Assessment shows K-12 educators how to weave formative assessment into daily instruction. Discover 75 assessment techniques linked to the Next Generation Science Standards and give classroom practices a boost with: Descriptions of how each technique promotes learning Charts linking core concepts at each grade level to scientific practices Implementation guidance, such as required materials and student grouping Modifications for different learning styles Ideas for adapting techniques to other content areas

Author : Jeane M. Joyner
Publisher : Math Solutions Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,65 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781935099192

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"Teachers can change classroom practices so that the information they gather through formative assessment strategies (good questions; written, oral, and self-assessments; mathematically rich tasks) supports their instructional decisions and leads to greater student learning and long-term success"--

Author : Robin J. Fogarty
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 48,14 MB
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 1452273669

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Use assessment as a powerful tool to inform instruction and learning! With practical, informed assessment techniques, you can increase your instructional effectiveness and demonstrate improvements in student learning. This research-based book, part of the In A Nutshell series, provides a succinct yet substantive discussion about formative assessments and how they impact the teaching/learning cycle. The authors present results-oriented methods, offer invaluable tips, and examine three types of inFormative assessments: Routine inFormative Assessments to weave into everyday instruction Reflective inFormative Assessments to foster self-assessment for students and teachers Rigorous inFormative Assessments to provide continuous tools that inform teaching practices and student learning

Author : Judith Dodge
Publisher : Scholastic Teaching Resources
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 35,28 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780545087421

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Presents a variety of assessments, lesson plans, and activities for use across the curriculum.

Author : Susan M. Brookhart
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,30 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 1416615075

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Whether you're already familiar with rubrics or not, this book is a complete resource for writing rubrics that assist with learning as well as assess it. Plus, you'll learn how to wisely select from among the many rubrics available for classroom use.

Author : Dylan Wiliam
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,78 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781941112298

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Effective classroom formative assessment helps educators make minute-by-minute, day-by-day instructional decisions. This clear, practical guide for teachers centers on five key instructional strategies, along with practical formative assessment techniques for implementing each strategy in K-12 classrooms. The authors provide guidance on using the specific techniques, along with tips, cautions, and enhancements to sustain formative assessment.

Author : Dylan Wiliam
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 11,65 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1936765012

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Formative assessment plays an important role in increasing teacher quality and student learning when it’s viewed as a process rather than a tool. Emphasizing the instructional side of formative assessment, this book explores in depth the use of classroom questioning, learning intentions and success criteria, feedback, collaborative and cooperative learning, and self-regulated learning to engineer effective learning environments for students.

Author : Holly Bohart
Publisher : Spotlight on Young Children
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781938113345

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The debate surrounding testing and accountability in early childhood education continues, but one thing is universally agreed upon: effective observation and assessment of young children's learning are critical to supporting their development. Educators balance what they know about child development with observation and assessment approaches that both inform and improve the curriculum. This foundational resource for all educators of children from birth through third grade explores What observation and assessment are, why to use them, and how Ways to integrate documentation, observation, and assessment into the daily routine Practices that are culturally and linguistically responsive Ways to engage families in observation and assessment processes How to effectively share children's learning with families, administrators, and others Find inspiration to intentionally develop and implement meaningful, developmentally appropriate observation and assessment practices to build responsive, joyful classrooms.

Author : Kay Burke
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 39,83 MB
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 1935543059

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Learn how to integrate formative and summative assessments seamlessly into instruction. The research, rationale, strategies, and examples provided in this book will help teachers develop their own repertoire of formative and summative assessments to monitor, grade, and make inferences about a student’s ability to meet standards and curriculum goals. Exercises at the end of each chapter provide opportunities to reflect and plan action steps.