Assessment Education - Bridging Research, Theory, Practice to Promote Equity Student

This book presents a powerful call to action for an assessment system that advances equity and offers educators practical applications that promote sound instructional decision making.

About the author

Beth Tarasawa is the Vice President of Research at NWEA, where she collaborates with universities, foundations, and school districts to produce rigorous and accessible educational policy research. Her scholarship focuses on issues related to educational equity, particularly those concerning social class, race, and linguistic diversity.



Amelia Wenk Gotwals is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, where she supports the professional development of preservice and inservice teachers. Her current scholarship focuses on the use of discourse as a formative assessment strategy and ways to promote productive disciplinary discourse in classrooms.



Cara Jackson is an Associate Partner at Bellwether Education Partners, where she collaborates with schools, networks, and nonprofits to plan and conduct evaluations of education programs. Cara is particularly interested in using research and evaluation to support improvement efforts in schools and districts.

Summary

This book presents a powerful call to action for an assessment system that advances equity and offers educators practical applications that promote sound instructional decision making.

Additional text

Cara Jackson, Beth Tarasawa, and Amelia Gotwals have created an accessible resource that educators will find very useful when thinking/planning/implementing student assessments - which is something we teachers are obviously doing a lot of the time!

Product details

• Authors: Beth (EDT)/ Gotwals Tarasawa, Beth Gotwals Tarasawa
• Assisted by: Amelia Gotwals (Editor), Cara Jackson (Editor), Beth Tarasawa (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781475851052
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5105-2
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Students & Student Organisations, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment