Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom (Professional Development)
by By Fisher, Douglas and Frey, Nancy
Category: Education , Classroom Management

Fisher (language and literacy education, San Diego U.) and Frey (literacy, San Diego State U.) outline how to increase students' understanding of material through creative formative assessments, such as using oral language, questions, interactive writing, projects and performances, tests, and common assessments and consensus scoring. Examples by students are given. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)