March, 2003

Assessment for Learning

Introduction

• Comments by MASCD President Isa Kaftal Zimmerman

• "Making Time for One-to-One" by Su.Henry and Jennifer Pratt
• "Avoiding Gridlock: Using Rubrics Effectively" by Isabelle Hoag Gason

• "Teach to the Test?" by Janet Furey

• "Broadening the View: One School's Approach to Assessing Student Understanding" by Tom Commeret

• New Kid on the Block

"Collaborative Assessment: Looking at Learning Through Careful Examination of Student Work," Harvard Education Letter, March/April 1998 (synopsis and ordering information)

"Improving Teaching and Learning with Data-Based Decisions" Asking the Right Questions and Acting on the Answers" by Nancy Protheroe, RS Spectrum, Summer 2001. http://www.ers.org/spectrum/sum01a.htm

"Using Classroom Assessment to Guide Instruction:" An ASCD 3-video series that introduces teachers to a wide variety of daily classroom assessment techniques: Tape 1, Techniques for Classroom Assessment; Tape 2, The Assessment-Instruction Link; Tape 3, The Role of Classroom Assessment in School Improvement. Link to ASCD On-Line Store

"How Classroom Assessments Improve Learning," by Thomas Guskey, Educational Leadership, February 2003 (Using Data to Improve Student Achievement)

"Assessment of Learning," by Richard Stiggins, Education Week Online, March 13, 2002 (requires free registration to read article)

"Assessment Crisis: The Absence of Assessment FOR Learning," by Richard Stiggins, Phi Delta Kappan, View Online Article