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- ISBN 9781394170739
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 185 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jan 2024
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
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.
