Sticky Assessment - Classroom Strategies to Amplify Student Learning

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...

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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

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"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

Product details

• Authors: Laura Greenstein, Laura (University of Connecticut Greenstein
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2016
• EAN: 9781138640917
• ISBN: 978-1-138-64091-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Education, EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Classroom Management, Educational psychology, Management: leadership & motivation, teacher training, Secondary Schools, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Educational material, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary