The Formative Assessment Handbook

Resources to Improve Learning Outcomes for All Students
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-394-17073-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Explore the "why," "what," and "how" of formative assessments in the classroom

In The Formative Assessment Handbook: Resources to Improve Learning Outcomes for All Students, the authors, with over 40 years of cumulative classroom, school, and district and state-level experience, deliver a crucial toolkit of ready-to-go ideas, activities, and reproducibles that make it easy to implement formative assessment quickly, effectively, and efficiently. You'll also learn what formative assessment is, what it looks like, and why it’s a critical component to student achievement.

The authors explain how to set your classroom up for success and develop & select learning targets and success criteria to create a clear pathway and roadmap for your formative assessments. You’ll also find:

- Up-to-date research supporting the use of formative assessment in the classroom
- Instructions for properly utilizing pre-assessments
- Collaborative routines you can implement during instruction
- Discussions of dialogic teaching and dialectic synergy

An indispensable resource for both new and veteran K-12 educators, The Formative Assessment Handbook will also prove invaluable to administrators and educational coaches.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Freibrun, Marine

Brunet, Sandy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung Schulevaluation, Schulinspektion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Why for Our Book vii

Acknowledgments xiii

About the Authors xv

List of Resources in the Book xvii

Part I Before Instruction: Setting Up Your Classroom for Success 1

Chapter 1 Formative Assessment Overview: What the Research Says 3

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Classroom for Successful Implementation 17

Chapter 3 Selecting Learning Targets and Developing Success Criteria 29

Chapter 4 Utilizing Pre-Assessments 57

Part II During Instruction: Effective “In-the-Moment” Formative Assessment Instructional Practices and Resources 89

Chapter 5 Effective Formative Assessment Instructional Practices and Resources 91

Chapter 6 In-the-Moment Formative Instruction: Collaborative Routines 161

Chapter 7 Dialogic Teaching and Dialectic Synergy 189

Chapter 8 Common Formative Assessments and Your PLC 207

Part III Formative Assessment After Instruction 231

Chapter 9 Formative Assessment Resources in Practice: Student Self-Assessment 233

Chapter 10 Formative Assessment After Instruction 255

Chapter 11 Concluding Thoughts 269

References 271

Bibliography 273

Index 275

Über Autor(innen)

Marine Freibrun, M.Ed., has over 12 years teaching and instructional coaching experience and was formally the ELA/Literacy Assessment Coordinator for the Idaho State Department of Education. Currently she supports schools in Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah as a Manager of Educational Partnerships for the Collaborative Classroom. She is the author of Getting Started with Teacher Clarity.

Sandra Brunet, M.Ed., is a seasoned school administrator with over 15 years of leadership experience. Currently she coaches principals, superintendents, and district-level leaders across the United States in improving outcomes for their district. She also partners with districts in the process of long range strategic design and planning.