Common Formative Assessment

A Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work® Second Edition(Harness the power of common formative assessment to nurture student engagement and achievement)

Kim Bailey, Chris Jakicic

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781954631632
• eBook ISBN: 9781954631649
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Evaluation & Assessment in Education

In the second edition of this pivotal work by Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic, you will discover updated and improved resources to use formative data to support higher levels of student learning. Data-driven techniques and new tools will guide you in improving collaboration and student engagement throughout the assessment process. Teams can use the ideas, templates, and protocols in this practitioner-friendly resource.

K–12 educators will:

• Identify successful assessment tools for implementation
• Understand the role of assessments in advancing student learning
• Reflect on assessment processes and the standards driving instruction
• Access a wide variety of assessment designs and strategies for guiding collaboration
• Utilize data-driven jump-start resources and templates that suit their teams' needs

Contents:
Foreword by Robert Eaker
Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Started as a Collaborative Team
Chapter 2: Setting the Stage for Common Formative Assessments
Chapter 3: Essential Standards—Determining Priorities for Student Learning
Chapter 4: Achieving Collective Clarity With the Unwrapping Process
Chapter 5: Designing Quality Common Formative Assessments
Chapter 6: Going Deeper—Advanced Processes for Designing Assessments
Chapter 7: Now What? Using Data to Make a Difference
Chapter 8: Building Student Self-Efficacy in Learning
Chapter 9: Strengthening and Sustaining the Work
Appendix: Tools for Teams
References and Resources
Index

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Getting Started as a Collaborative Team
• Chapter 2: Setting the Stage for Common Formative Assessments
• Chapter 3: Determining Priorities and Essential Standards
• Chapter 4: Achieving Collective Clarity With the Unwrapping Process
• Chapter 5: Designing Quality Common Formative Assessments
• Chapter 6: Going Deeper—Advanced Processes for Designing Assessments
• Chapter 7: Using Data to Make a Difference
• Chapter 8: Building Student Self-Efficacy in Learning
• Chapter 9: Strengthening and Sustaining the Work
• Appendix: Tools for Teams
• References and Resources
• Index