TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures, Tables, and Images
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Purposeful Assessment: Planned, Progressive, and Cyclical
Planning for Assessment
Teaching as a Continual Act of Assessment
Deliberate Assessment
The Value of Blueprints
Deconstructing Standards
In Practice
Aligned and Progressive Assessment
Alignment with Learning Targets
Alignment through Progressions
Assessment that Supports Learning
In Practice
Sequenced and Cyclical Assessment
From Large-Scale to Classroom
Recurring Cycles
Using the Assessment Cycle
In Practice
Reciprocal and Responsive Assessment
Reciprocal Give and Take
Responding to Assessment
Unexpected Outcomes
In Practice
Chapter Summary
Key Ideas
Why this Works
Reflection and Application
Chapter 2: Informative Assessment (Assessment for Learning, Learning from Assessment)
Clear Learning Targets
Visible Outcomes
Coherent Assessment
Transparent to All
In Practice
Formative Assessment
Formative Process
Formative Practice
Formative for a Purpose
Formative by Placement
In Practice
Assessment that Illuminates
Supports Learners
The Value of Feedback
Learning from Mistakes
Informs and Guides Instruction
In Practice
Emphasis on Growth and Improvement
Learning for Mastery
Assessment that is Growth Oriented
In Practice
Chapter Summary
Key Ideas
Why this Works
Reflection and Application
Chapter 3: Sticky Assessment: Where Learning Takes Hold
Assessment that Motivates
Mindset
Drive
Stress Management
Relationship Building
Students as Assessors
Assessment Habits
Engaging Learners
Choice Boosts Accountability
Encouraging Metacognition
Reasonable Challenge
In Practice
Flexible Assessment
Differentiation
Differentiating Content
Differentiating Process
Differentiating Product
Differentiating with Technology
In Practice
Embedded Assessment
Integrating Learning and Assessing
Assessment as Learning
Higher and Deeper
Releasing Responsibility
Chapter Summary
Key Ideas
Why this works
Reflection and Application
Chapter 4: Technically Sound Assessment
Technically Sound Assessment
Valid
Reliable
Fair
Balanced
Chapter Summary
Key Ideas
Why this Works
Reflection and Application
Summary: Endings are New Beginnings
Returning to the Roots of Assessment
Finding Balance
Assessment Systems
Local Systems
Elements of an Assessment System
Local Assessment Cycle
Strengthening Classroom Assessment
Supporting Teachers
Developing Students
Fostering a Culture of Assessment
Prerequisites to Change
Restorative Assessment
In Closing
References
Indexes
