inFormative Assessment
When It's Not About a Grade
- Robin J. Fogarty - Robin Fogarty & Associates, Ltd.
- Gene M. Kerns - Renaissance Learning
In A Nutshell Series
With practical, informed assessment techniques, you can increase your instructional effectiveness and demonstrate improvements in student learning. This research-based book, part of the In A Nutshell series, provides a succinct yet substantive discussion about formative assessments and how they impact the teaching/learning cycle. The authors present results-oriented methods, offer invaluable tips, and examine three types of inFormative assessments:
- Routine inFormative Assessments to weave into everyday instruction
- Reflective inFormative Assessments to foster self-assessment for students and teachers
- Rigorous inFormative Assessments to provide continuous tools that inform teaching practices and student learning
I find this book to be very approachable for my early education students. We have used it in our assessment course this semester and I plan to continue to use it -- although I do want to supplement with another text/trade book.