Solution Tree

Discover how to ensure schoolwide grading practices center on four essential criteria: fairness, accuracy, specificity, and timeliness.

Educators must shift the evaluation paradigm to focus on a multiplicity of skills necessary for success in the 21st century.

This book provides teachers and administrators with practical suggestions for making the grading process more fair, accurate, specific, and timely.

Expert practitioners address the role of school leaders to model positive change and ignite a shift toward assessments that drive instruction.

Packed with practical strategies for designing, analyzing, and using assessments, this book shows how to turn best practices into usable solutions.

Learn how to integrate formative and summative assessments seamlessly into instruction. Research, strategies, and examples help teachers monitor, grade, and gauge student ability to meet standards.

Learn how to implement equitable instruction, assessment, grading, and reporting practices to help diverse 21st century learners reach proficiency.

Discover how to work with your school team to create innovative, effective, engaging assessments using a five-phase design protocol.

Explore the practical steps teacher teams must take to establish clear, comprehensive assessment systems that guide instruction and strengthen PLCs.

Clarify the purpose of grades, craft a vision statement aligned with this purpose, and discover strategies to implement effective practices.