Overview
In The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition, editor Thomas R. Guskey and expert contributors offer research-backed strategies for re-envisioning assessment to enhance student learning and teacher instruction. The authors provide actionable steps, practical examples, and strategies for utilizing formative assessments. These strategies promote a growth mindset, proficiency, self-regulation, and student ownership, ultimately fostering improved instructional effectiveness and student achievement.
K–12 teachers can use this book to:
- Adopt new perspectives on assessment’s role in guiding student learning
- Employ practical strategies to improve instruction and enhance student achievement
- Promote regular assessment analysis to enhance instructional strategies
- Encourage student self-efficacy in identifying and pursuing learning goals
- Lead and collaborate with colleagues in developing more effective, practical assessments and alternative instructional strategies
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Leading the Assessment Revolution From Within
Chapter 2: Harvesting Assessment Evidence to Yield Effective Responses
Chapter 3: Assessing Beyond the Labels
Chapter 4: Sharing Leadership to Align Assessment Practices Across the School
Chapter 5: Using Data as a Flashlight, Not a Hammer, to Illuminate Evidence That Matters
Chapter 6: Developing Self-Regulatory Learners Through Assessment
Chapter 7: Designing Assessments to Accelerate Learning
Chapter 8: Approaching Learning and Assessment as a Subtle Curator
Chapter 9: Leading the Way to Student Success
This book title, Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition, The ((Practical strategies for utilizing formative assessment)), ISBN: 9781962188517, by Thomas R. Guskey, published by Solution Tree Press (March 19, 2025) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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