Simplifying common assessment : a guide for professional learning communities at work / Kim Bailey & Chris Jakicic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Kim, author.

Jakicic, Chris, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements.

Educational evaluation.

Professional learning communities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 141 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Solution Tree Press, [2017]

Summary:

This book demonstrates how educators can develop effective and efficient assessments. The authors simplify assessment development to give teacher teams the confidence to write and use team-designed common formative assessments that help ensure all students master essential skills and concepts.

Contents:

Introduction: framing the power of assessment in professional learning communities

Clarifying assessment types and uses

Starting with the end in mind

Considering rigor and complexity

Intentionally planning instruction and assessment

Creating questions, tasks, and tools that work

Using data to support student learning

Focusing on feedback and grappling with grading

Using common assessment with singleton teachers

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781943874460

1943874468

OCLC:

966360330