School Leader's Guide to Formative Assessment

<p>This user-friendly guide shows school leaders how to use formative assessment to improve both student and teacher achievement. With step-by-step information and practical examples, this book will help you develop better assessments that will transform your school. You will learn:</p><ul> <li>The advantages of formative assessment </li> <li>When and why to use formative assessment </li> <li>How to develop valid and reliable assessments </li> <li>How to mimic the state assessment schedule </li> <li>How to organize and use data effectively </li> <li>How to use data to develop teacher leaders </li> <li>The appendix features more than ten pages of handy reproducibles that will help you implement formative assessments immediately (also available as free downloads www.routledge.com/9781596672468). </li> <li>A curriculum pacing guide </li> <li>A presentation template to explain formative assessment to your staff </li> <li>A non-mastery report </li> <li>A class item analysis graph </li> <li>A class profile graph </li> <li>A student questionnaire, and more! </li> </ul> <p>Chapter 1 - Why Use Formative Assessments? <br>Chapter 2 - How You Can Use Formative Assessment<br>Chapter 3 - Developing Valid and Reliable Assessments <br>Chapter 4 - Creating the Assessment Environment <br>Chapter 5 - Organizing and Using Data Effectively <br>Chapter 6 - Transforming the School <br>Chapter 7 - Final Words of Advice</p>