Timely ideas and information, with daily updates. Frequently Asked Questions Thousands of web sites for educators and students. Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. The first chapter describes a three part process for classroom assessment that includes its role in instructional planning, gathering evidence and making inferences about student performance, and using assessment to make decisions and take action.
Subsequent chapters examine each dimension of assessment in greater detail.
Additional strategies include checklists, interviews, and portfolios. For each strategy, the authors describe its uses and disadvantages, sample questions or tasks, and teacher stories as illustrations. The book also provides ideas and sample forms intended to help teachers implement new assessment strategies into their classrooms.