Organized into 21 essentials, the book addresses everything from using pre-assessment before starting new lessons to communicating with parents about their child's academic growth. Along the way, you will discover how to * Create clear learning targets and success criteria based on standards. * Provide meaningful feedback to students about progress toward goals. * Involve students in the regulation of their own learning. * Use homework to check for understanding. * Decide on instructional follow-up based on formative assessment data. * Make accommodations for students with IEPs and support equity and fairness. * Design performance tasks for individuals and groups. * Craft rubrics and design classroom tests.

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