Essential Assessment: Six Tenets for Bringing Hope, Efficacy, and Achievement to the Classroom--Deepen Teachers' Understanding of Assessment

n nWhile much research has revealed which assessment practices have the most positive impact on student achievement and instruction, out-of-date, unproductive practices, which students find disengaging and disheartening, still persist. Discover how to use the power of assessment to instill hope, efficacy, and achievement in your students. With this research-based resource, you'll explore six essential tenets of assessment--assessment purpose, communication of assessment results, accurate interpretation, assessment architecture, instructional agility, and student investment--that will help deepen your understanding of assessment to not only meet standards but also enhance students' academic success and self-fulfillment.n nBenefitsn n- Interpret the research-based tenets of assessment that are necessary to maximize all students' learning. n- Gain advice and strategies for immediately acting on the six essential assessment tenets, including how to communicate assessment results to give feedback that produces constructive responses. n- Discover why it is vital that assessment practices build students' and teachers' hope, efficacy, and achievement. n- Consider scenarios that illustrate traditional, outmoded assessment practices and revised scenarios that feature practices that better reflect modern assessment needs. n- Reflect on questions related to the content of each chapter and study next steps that teaching teams can take. nContentsn nIntroductionn nChapter 1: Hope, Efficacy, and Achievementn nChapter 2: Assessment Purposen nChapter 3: Communication of Assessment Resultsn nChapter 4: Accurate Interpretationn nChapter 5: Assessment Architecturen nChapter 6: Instructional Agilityn nChapter 7: Student Investmentn nReferencesn nIndexn