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Assessment as Learning
Using Classroom Assessment to Maximize Student Learning
Second Edition
January 2013 | 160 pages | Corwin
This is a book for teachers and school leaders on formative assessmentùi.e., assessment as learningùwhere assessment occurs throughout the learning process to inform learning as opposed to assessment that occurs at the end of a learning unit to measure what students have learned (summative assessment). Formative assessment emphasizes the role of the student, not only as a contributor to the assessment and learning process, but the critical connector between them.Defines assessment of learning, assessment for learning and assessment as learning, making a case for assessment as learning. Addresses assessment in the context of what learning is Shows how to use formative assessment to motivate student learning, help students make connections so that they move from emergent to proficient, extend their learning and to help them become reflective self-regulators of their own learning Explores how teachers can make the shift to formative assessment by engaging in conceptual change
About the Author
Acknowledgments
1. The Promise and the Challenge of Classroom Assessment
2. Situating Assessment Changes
3. Assessment of Learning, for Learning, and as Learning
4. Spotlight on Learning
5. Assessment and Learning
6. Using Assessment to Identify What They "Believe to Be True"
7. Using Assessment to Motivate Learning
8. Using Assessment to Make Connections
9. Using Assessment to Extend Learning
10. Using Assessment for Reflection and Self-Regulation
11. Getting to Assessment for Optimum Learning
References
Index
This is a great book for student teachers, with clear case studies that allow for extended learning about assessment as it relates to their developing classroom practice.
Faculty of Education, Queens Univ
October 12, 2014