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Prepare students and measure their comprehension by assigning purposeful work, setting clear expectations, and providing ongoing feedback as the unit of study unfolds.

Discover how to close the gaps between assessment, curriculum, and instruction by replacing outmoded assessment methods with proficiency-based assessments.

The time for grading reform is now. Discover the steps your team can take to implement standards-based practices that transform grading and reporting schoolwide.

Discover how to incorporate digital games and use them to craft engaging, academically applicable classroom activities that revitalize teaching and learning.

Educators must focus assessment on mindfulness and feedback, framing assessment around six fluencies students need to cultivate for 21st century success.

Drawing from evidence-based research findings, distinguished author and leading formative assessment authority Dylan Wiliam clearly and concisely explains how formative assessment, when applied properly, has the greatest impact on student achievement.

This book is designed to focus on implementing, sustaining, and developing effective formative assessment techniques in K–12 classrooms. Teachers and leaders can gain five key strategies to ensure instructional decisions are made so that all students learn at high levels.

“The singular contribution of this book is shifting the focus of assessment from external audiences to students,” writes author and assessment expert Douglas Reeves in the foreword. Design in Five [Second Edition] inspires educators to rethink old ways of assessing student learning and empowers them to create meaningful, relevant assessments to ensure high levels of learning.

Reform classroom-level grading practices through systems-level structures and supports. With an eight-step change framework, this book will equip administrators, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders with practical strategies and reproducible tools to enact sustainable changes in assessment and grading.

Discover student numeracy assessment and practice (SNAP)—a practical approach to help classroom teachers evaluate number sense. With its simple and reliable method, K–8 math teachers can quickly implement SNAP in their daily teaching practices and ignite a sense of wonder and thinking for math in their students.