"This comprehensive book covers the foundational concepts and practical skills necessary for teachers to be successful with classroom assessment"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction -- 1. Understanding the Formative Assessment Cycle -- 2. Teaching with Learning Targets and Success Criteria -- 3. Starting with Pre-Assessment -- 4. Providing Teacher Feedback to Students -- 5. Helping Students Use Self- and Peer Assessment -- 6. Extending Student Thinking with Questioning Strategies -- 7. Considering Homework as Assessment -- 8. Deciding on Instructional Follow-Up -- 9. Using Curriculum-Based Measurement -- 10. Making Accommodations in Assessment -- 11. Supporting Equity and Fairness in Assessment -- 12. Designing Performance Tasks -- 13. Crafting Rubrics and Other Multi-Point Scoring -- 14. Designing Classroom Tests -- 15. Writing Selected Response Test Questions -- 16. Writing Constructed Response Test Questions -- 17. Using Portfolio Assessment -- 18. Grading and Reporting on Student Learning -- 19. Communicating with Parents and Guardians About Assessment -- 20. Thinking in Terms of Assessment Systems -- 21. Interpreting Standardized Test Results.