Sticky Assessment

Sticky Assessment is a straightforward guide to assessment, designed to demystify assessment and to give teachers the tools they need become better assessors.

Zusatztext "With a multitude of engaging and realistic classroom examples! Greenstein uses contemporary research extensively to show how teachers can plan and implement effective assessment. Her emphasis on the integration of assessment with teaching throughout the text illustrates in practical language how teachers can use assessment to enhance student learning and motivation! and her engaging! non-technical writing style concisely captures all critical components of the assessment process."James H. McMillan! Professor! Foundations of Education! Virginia Commonwealth University"Sticky Assessment will help educators understand assessment as a useful tool to not only measure data but actually improve student learning! Greenstein presents assessment as a process that any teacher could implement in their classroom! without fear of losing the fun of learning."Jessica Bennett! 8th Grade Language Arts Teacher! Brookpark Middle School! Grove City! Ohio Informationen zum Autor Laura Greenstein has been an educator for over 30 years, serving as a teacher, department chair, and school leader in multiple grades and subjects. She teaches Human Development at the University of Connecticut. She also teaches graduate-level courses in Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation, Portfolio Design, and Teaching, Learning, and Assessing with Technology at the University of New Haven. She is the founder of assessmentnetwork.net. Klappentext Sticky Assessment is a straightforward guide to assessment, designed to demystify assessment and to give teachers the tools they need become better assessors. Translating the latest research into a concise and practical volume, this book helps teachers to monitor student learning, make assessment engaging and meaningful for students, and to use assessment that improves rather than merely measures learning outcomes. With examples from classroom teachers and exercises designed to help teachers think through their processes, this book will be an invaluable and lasting resource for classroom teachers. Zusammenfassung Sticky Assessment is a straightforward guide to assessment, designed to demystify assessment and to give teachers the tools they need become better assessors. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 App...

"With a multitude of engaging and realistic classroom examples, Greenstein uses contemporary research extensively to show how teachers can plan and implement effective assessment. Her emphasis on the integration of assessment with teaching throughout the text illustrates in practical language how teachers can use assessment to enhance student learning and motivation, and her engaging, non-technical writing style concisely captures all critical components of the assessment process." James H. McMillan, Professor, Foundations of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University "Sticky Assessment will help educators understand assessment as a useful tool to not only measure data but actually improve student learning! Greenstein presents assessment as a process that any teacher could implement in their classroom, without fear of losing the fun of learning." Jessica Bennett, 8th Grade Language Arts Teacher, Brookpark Middle School, Grove City, Ohio

Autorentext

Laura Greenstein has been an educator for over 30 years, serving as a teacher, department chair, and school leader in multiple grades and subjects. She teaches Human Development at the University of Connecticut. She also teaches graduate-level courses in Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation, Portfolio Design, and Teaching, Learning, and Assessing with Technology at the University of New Haven. She is the founder of assessmentnetwork.net.

Klappentext

Sticky Assessment is a straightforward guide to assessment, designed to demystify assessment and to give teachers the tools they need become better assessors. Translating the latest research into a concise and practical volume, this book helps teachers to monitor student learning, make assessment engaging and meaningful for students, and to use assessment that improves rather than merely measures learning outcomes. With examples from classroom teachers and exercises designed to help teachers think through their processes, this book will be an invaluable and lasting resource for classroom teachers.

Inhalt

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

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