Inquiry Mindset

<p><strong>How can we . . .</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Help students see themselves in a more positive confident and personally fulfilling light?</strong></li><li><strong>Cultivate the conditions for agency and equity in our classrooms and schools so all learners can thrive?</strong></li><li><strong>Shift education so that our students become more empowered more competent and more compassionate young people?</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Trevor MacKenzie</strong> takes another deep dive into inquiry as he examines the role of assessment in education through the lens of co-designing and co-constructing with students. In <strong><em>Inquiry Mindset: Assessment Edition</em></strong> he outlines the beliefs values and frameworks that allow teachers to scaffold assessment infused with student voice understanding and autonomy.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Inquiry Mindset: Assessment Edition</em> offers practical ways to . . .</p><ul><li>Co-design assessment with your students to create both a sense of belonging and ownership over learning in the classroom.</li><li>Establish greater clarity and a deeper understanding for your students in how they'll be assessed.</li><li>Positively impact achievement and scores as well as your students' sense of self and personal responsibility and autonomy.</li></ul><p><strong>Give your learners an authentic seat at the assessment table!</strong></p><p><br></p><p>If you value inquiry and seek to develop reflective self-directed students get this book. It is brimming with advice and seasoned with soul. Your students will thank you.</p><p>-<strong>Jay McTighe</strong> coauthor of the <em>Understanding by Design® framework</em></p><p><br></p><p>I work with schools around the world to help them redesign and align their curriculum and assessment and this is a book I'll be recommending to those schools from now on. It's a perfect starting point for the work educators need to do to make assessment authentic meaningful and powerful.</p><p>-<strong>Alexis Wiggins</strong> teacher author of <em>The Best Class You Never Taught</em></p>