Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Assessment and Grading

Get answers to your most challenging questions about implementing effective assessment and grading practices. How do we use assessments to increase hope, efficacy, and achievement? Is reassessment important? Can we change grading practices when stakeholders don’t want us to? All of these questions, and dozens more, are answered concisely, making it easy to build strong assessment and grading practices quickly.

K–12 teachers and administrators will:
Understand the six tenets of assessment and grading
Gain confidence in effective assessment and grading practices
Access concise answers to common questions about assessment and grading
Help implement schoolwide best practices through effective collaboration


Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Hope, Efficacy, and Achievement

Chapter 2: A Culture of Learning

Chapter 3: Assessment Purpose

Chapter 4: Communication

Chapter 5: Accurate Interpretation

Chapter 6: Assessment Architecture

Chapter 7: Instructional Agility

Chapter 8: Student Investment

Table of Contents by Topic

Glossary of Terms

A Comprehensive Resource List From STAC

References and Resources

Index