Balanced assessment systems : leadership, quality, and the role of classroom assessment /: leadership, quality, and the role of classroom assessment. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steve Chappuis, Carol Commodore, Rick Stiggins.
• Authors: Chappuis, Stephen; Commodore, Carol; Stiggins, Richard J
• Contents: Introduction; About the Authors; Part 1. Balanced Assessment Systems and Student Learning; Today’s Assessment Environment; Assessment and the New School Mission; Building Local Assessment Systems for Balance and Quality; Inside the System; Levels of Assessment Use; Classroom Assessment; Interim/Benchmark Assessment; Annual Assessment; Activity 1.1: Formative or Summative?; The Benefits of Balance; Learning Targets for Readers; Thinking About Assessment: Support Resources for Part 1; Activity 1.2: Embracing the Vision of a Standards-Based School; Activity 1.3: Discussing Key Assessment Concepts With Faculty; Part 2. Five Assessment Actions for Balance and Quality; Action 1: Balance Your Assessment System; Is Your Assessment System in Balance?; Strategies for Balancing Assessment Systems; Activity 2.1: Conducting an Assessment Audit; Action 2: Continue to Refine Achievement Standards; What Is the Current State of Your Achievement Standards?; Student- and Family-Friendly Learning Targets; Activity 2.2: Deconstructing Standards Into Classroom-Level Achievement Targets: Practice for School Leaders; Action 3: Ensure Assessment Quality; How Can You Ensure Assessment Quality?; Activity 2.3: Indicators of Sound Classroom Assessment Practice; Action 4: Build Effective Systems for Communicating Assessment Results; Action 5: Link Assessment to Student Motivation With Assessment for Learning Strategies; Assessment for Learning: Bringing Students Onboard; Activity 2.4: Assessment for Learning Self-Evaluation; Thinking About Assessment: Support Resources for Part 2; Activity 2.5: Local Assessment System Self-Evaluation; Part 3. Individual Leadership Actions for Balance and Quality; Individual Leadership Actions; Individual Leadership Action 1: Deepen your personal understanding of a sound and balanced assessment system and the conditions required to achieve it; Activity 3.1: Merging Local and State Assessment Systems; Individual Leadership Action 2: Promote the necessity and use of clear academic achievement standards in every subject and grade level with aligned classroom-level learning targets and the understanding of their relationship to the development; Activity 3.2: Implementing the Written Curriculum; Individual Leadership Action 3: Promote and communicate standards of quality for student assessments, helping teachers learn to assess accurately, and work to ensure that these standards are met in all school/district assessments; Activity 3.3: Verifying Teachers’ Content Knowledge and Assessment Competence; Individual Leadership Action 4: Deepen your knowledge of formative assessment practices that involve students and work with staff to integrate them into classroom instruction; Activity 3.4: Communicating Learning Targets in Student-Friendly Language; Individual Leadership Action 5: Create the conditions necessary for the appropriate use and reporting of student achievement information, including report card grades; Grading and Reporting; Activity 3.5: A Rubric for Sound Grading Practice; Activity 3.6: When Grades Don’t Match the State Assessment Results; Individual Leadership Action 6: Form or participate in peer learning groups to practice observing and evaluating teacher classroom assessment competencies; Activity 3.7: Should Teachers Be Held Accountable for Assessment Competence Through Evaluation?; Individual Leadership Action 7: Review and examine current school/district assessment-related policies for alignment to sound assessment practice, and encourage revision as needed; Activity 3.8: Using School/District Policies to Support Quality Assessment; Thinking About Assessment: Support Resources for Part 3; Activity 3.9: Auditing for Balance in Classroom Curriculum and Assessment; Activity 3.10: Assessment Leadership Success Indicators; Activity 3.11: Action Planning for Assessment Balance and Quality; References; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 379.158; Educational evaluation -- United States; Educational leadership -- United States; Teachers -- Rating of -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506354217
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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