Your go-to guide for using classroom assessment as a teaching and learning tool! Using seven strategies of assessment for learning and five keys of quality assessment as a foundation, this book presents a model that focuses on assessment to help students understand their progress on their learning journey and the next steps needed to get there. Full of high-impact classroom practices, this book also offers: · Clear and relevant examples of assessment for learning strategies in specific subject matter contexts · Visual learning progressions for use in a self-assessment checklist and professional development · Additional material and examples on an author-created website.

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Chapter 1. Introduction to #assessment literacy -- Chapter 2. Contextualizing assessment within curricula and instruction -- Chapter 3. The convergence of research and practice: seven strategies of assessment for learning meets high-impact strategies -- Chapter 4. Clear learning targets: clarity is the goal! -- Chapter 5. Mapping, visual literacy, and assessment for learning -- Chapter 6. Putting feedback into action -- Chapter 7. Meta-cognition, self-assessment, goal setting, and reflection: GPA matters! (Goals, plans, and actions, that is!) -- Chapter 8. Diagnosing student learning needs during the learning process -- Chapter 9. The whole learner and nothing but the learner -- Chapter 10. High-impact professional learning principles and communities of practice: let's get it right! -- Chapter 11. Professional learning strategies and tools for creating assessment-literate educators -- Chapter 12. Assessing student growth and teacher effectiveness -- Chapter 13. The #assessmentliteracy challenge -- References -- Index.