The School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment
Using Data to Improve Student and Teacher Achievement
By Jana Alig, Todd Stanley | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
This user-friendly guide shows school leaders how to use formative assessment to improve both student and teacher achievement. With step-by-step information and practical examples, this book will help you develop better assessments that will transform your school. You will learn:
- The advantages of formative assessment
- When and why to use formative assessment
- How to develop valid and reliable assessments
- How to mimic the state assessment schedule
- How to organize and use data effectively
- How to use data to develop teacher leaders
- The appendix features more than ten pages of handy reproducibles that will help you implement formative assessments immediately (also available as free downloads www.routledge.com/9781596672468).
- A curriculum pacing guide
- A presentation template to explain formative assessment to your staff
- A non-mastery report
- A class item analysis graph
- A class profile graph
- A student questionnaire, and more!
Editions of The School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment
- EBook
- ISBN 9781317918400
- PDF
- ISBN 9781317918417
Read an Excerpt
This user-friendly guide shows school leaders how to use formative assessment to improve both student and teacher achievement. With step-by-step information and practical examples, this book will help you develop better assessments that will transform your school. You will learn:
- The advantages of formative assessment
- When and why to use formative assessment
- How to develop valid and reliable assessments
- How to mimic the state assessment schedule
- How to organize and use data effectively
- How to use data to develop teacher leaders
- The appendix features more than ten pages of handy reproducibles that will help you implement formative assessments immediately (also available as free downloads www.routledge.com/9781596672468).
- A curriculum pacing guide
- A presentation template to explain formative assessment to your staff
- A non-mastery report
- A class item analysis graph
- A class profile graph
- A student questionnaire, and more!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment about?
This user-friendly guide shows school leaders how to use formative assessment to improve both student and teacher achievement. With step-by-step information and practical examples, this book will help you develop better assessments that will transform your school. You will learn:
- The advantages of formative assessment
- When and why to use formative assessment
- How to develop valid and reliable assessments
- How to mimic the state assessment schedule
- How to organize and use data effectively
- How to use data to develop teacher leaders
- The appendix features more than ten pages of handy reproducibles that will help you implement formative assessments immediately (also available as free downloads www.routledge.com/9781596672468).
- A curriculum pacing guide
- A presentation template to explain formative assessment to your staff
- A non-mastery report
- A class item analysis graph
- A class profile graph
- A student questionnaire, and more!
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment?
Society and Social Sciences > Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy > Educational administration and organization
Where can I read a sample of The School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317918400
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment?
Jana Alig, Todd Stanley
Who is the Publisher of the book The School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment?
Taylor and Francis
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317918400) and pdf(ISBN 9781317918417)