Rubrics For Formative Assessment And Grading Quick Reference Guide

Rubrics for Formative Assessment and Grading (Quick Reference Guide)

Classroom Assessment Essentials

The only assessment book K–12 teachers need to monitor and maximize student learning. Classroom assessment is a vital part of teaching. It helps make student learning—or a lack thereof—visible so that teachers can adjust teaching practices and better support learners. But designing and implementing reliable assessments is a complex process. In this comprehensive book by assessment expert Susan M. Brookhart, you will learn the foundational concepts and practical skills necessary to be successful with classroom assessment. Organized into 21 essentials, the book addresses everything from using pre-assessment before starting new lessons to communicating with parents about their child's academic growth. Along the way, you will discover how to * Create clear learning targets and success criteria based on standards. * Provide meaningful feedback to students about progress toward goals. * Involve students in the regulation of their own learning. * Use homework to check for understanding. * Decide on instructional follow-up based on formative assessment data. * Make accommodations for students with IEPs and support equity and fairness. * Design performance tasks for individuals and groups. * Craft rubrics and design classroom tests. With strategies that support high-quality assessment, tips and troubleshooting advice, and examples across subject areas and grade levels, Classroom Assessment Essentials will help you make effective assessment a cornerstone of your classroom.

How to Look at Student Work to Uncover Student Thinking

Are you picking up all your students' work is trying to tell you? In this book, assessment expert Susan M. Brookhart and instructional coach Alice Oakley walk teachers through a better and more illuminating way to approach student work across grade levels and content areas. You’ll learn to view students' assignments not as a verdict on right or wrong but as a window into what students "got" and how they are thinking about it. The insight you'll gain will help you * Infer what students are thinking, * Provide effective feedback, * Decide on next instructional moves, and * Grow as a professional. Brookhart and Oakley then guide teachers through the next steps: clarify learning goals, increase the quality of classroom assessments, deepen your content and pedagogical knowledge, study student work with colleagues, and involve students in the formative learning cycle. The book's many authentic examples of student work and teacher insights, coaching tips, and reflection questions will help readers move from looking at student work for correctness to looking at student work as evidence of student thinking.