The School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment: Using Data to Improve Student and Teacher Achievement
This is a very comprehensive book. Principals will find it useful when doing schoolwide preparation for standardized testing or school-developed performance assessments. It also contains many very practical ideas that will support classroom teachers as they struggle with differentiating their instruction to an ever increasing diverse set of learners. ----Gregory J. Bartlett, Administrator, Brunswick School Department, MELiteracy coaches could use this book to help teachers more effectively weave strong reading and writing practices together. The annotated bibliography is a great tool for coaches to share with teachers so they can see quality titles of literature immediately to whet their appetite! --Elizabeth Hopper, Director of Targeted Professional Development, The Center for Literacy Education and Research at Purdue UniversityLiteracy coaches could use this book to help teachers more effectively weave strong reading and writing practices together. The annotated bibliography is a great tool for coaches to share with teachers so they can see quality titles of literature immediately to whet their appetite! --Elizabeth Hopper, Director of Targeted Professional Development, The Center for Literacy Education and Research at Purdue University