What teachers really need to know about formative assessment

the long version

In this volume, author Laura Greenstein has gathered what your really need to know in order to make formative assessment a seamless part of your everyday practice. Emphasizing formative assessment application in secondary schools but applicable to teachers of all grade levels and all subject areas, this book provides: straightforward answers to teachers' most frequently asked questions; dozens of strategies for measuring student understanding and diagnosing learning needs before, during, and after instruction; illustrations of formative assessment across the content areas, from math to language arts to science to social studies to health and physical education; guidance on making data-informed instructional adjustments; sample templates for organizing assessment data to track both whole-class and individual progress toward identified goals; case studies to illustrate effective and ineffective formative assessment and deepen your understanding. If you're looking to take formative assessment from theory to practice -- and from practice to genuine learning improvement -- this is the place to begin. - Back cover.