Leading the Way to Assessment for Learning: A Practical Guide

by Davies, Anne; Herbst, Sandra; Reynolds, Beth Parrott, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781935543947
• ISBN10: 1935543946
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-31
• Publisher: Solution Tree

Summary

Leading the Way is designed to help school and system leaders-both professional development- and instructional leadership-focused-to support educators and students in the assessment process. This detailed, practical guide, formerly titled Leading the Way to Making Classroom Assessment Work, describes indicators of successful assessment practice and ways of supporting teachers in the classroom, and provides examples of how leaders have modeled assessment for learning to colleagues and students in their school communities. This book includes ways to:

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Assessment in the Service of Learning	p. 1
Building the Foundation for Quality Assessment	p. 15
Beginning With the End in Mind	p. 27
Describing Success	p. 35
Evidence of Learning	p. 49
Involving Students in Classroom Assessment	p. 61
Using Assessment to Guide Instruction	p. 75
Collecting, Organizing, and Presenting Evidence	p. 87
Communicating About Learning	p. 99
Evaluating and Reporting	p. 111
Learning by Ourselves and With Others	p. 125
Final Thoughts	p. 131
Acknowledgments	p. 133
References	p. 135
Research Summaries and Connections	p. 147
Reproducibles	p. 163
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