Collection: Assessment

This book argues that competency-based practices are the key to creating school systems that meet students’ academic needs and prepare students to effectively communicate, collaborate and self-regulate. With comprehensive coverage of competency-based practices and recommended steps to explore...

Author Keely Keller presents a five-step process inspired by high-impact special education practices to empower teachers to individualise learning for every student. By assessing strengths, addressing challenges and creating unique learning plans, educators can take actionable steps to...

Transform your school’s reading outcomes through systematic implementation of the science of reading within a multi-tiered system of supports framework. This comprehensive guide provides over 50 practical tools that help leaders engineer robust support systems across all tiers....

Discover the transformative power of storytelling in assessment and student learning. Drawing on culturally responsive practices, this approach fosters innovation, self-reflection and student engagement. Through narrative-based strategies, educators can elevate formative and summative assessments, promoting authentic, competency-based learning;...

In The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition, editor Thomas R. Guskey and expert contributors offer research-backed strategies for re-envisioning assessment to enhance student learning and teacher instruction. The authors provide actionable steps, practical examples and strategies for...

In Test-Specific Thinking, the authors provide recommended practices, methods and means for educators to implement structural schemas into teaching, helping students better prepare for tests and formulate stronger responses to certain question frames. Armed with a better understanding...

Students learn in diverse ways, and their grades may not always accurately reflect their true understanding. Marcia L. Tate explores the what, why and how of assessment to help educators know whether their students are truly learning. Dive...

Transform your school’s grading practices with this updated second edition on evidence-based grading. The book provides a five-phase process for moving beyond standards-based and competency-based grading models. Administrators and teachers will gain understanding of the core principles of...

A practical tool to help you make sense of student data for effective use in MTSS! This book offers knowledge, strategies and tools that will help you use data effectively. Applicable to any content area, the four simple...

An Instruction Manual for Adopting Standards-Based Curriculum, Grading and Feedback. When teachers adopt standards-based learning, students take ownership of their education and achievement soars. Written specifically for K–12 teachers, this resource details a sequential approach for connecting curriculum,...

Accurately report students' academic strengths and weaknesses with standards-based grading. Rather than using traditional systems that incorporate nonacademic factors such as attendance and behaviour, learn to assess and report student performance based on prioritised standards. You will discover...

Learn everything you need to know to implement an integrated system of assessment and grading. The author details the specific benefits of formative assessment and explains how to design and interpret three different types of formative assessments, how...

Overcoming the knowing-doing gap of standards-based learning Get past the knowing-doing gap and confidently implement standards-based learning. This book offers a comprehensive look at what standards-based learning looks like in action, from creating formative assessments, to using data...

A step-by-step framework for implementing the SNAP Changing students’ attitudes about maths and assessing number sense begins with shifting the teacher’s attitude and approach. Learn how the authors dispel the common myth that student apathy in mathematics class...

The time for grading reform is now. While the transition to standards-based practices may be challenging, it is essential for effective instruction and assessment. In this practical guide, the author outlines specific steps your team can take to...

Explore three defining challenges that school teams face when gathering, interpreting and utilising school data. Complete with survey questions for efficient data collection, suggested group work structures, strategies and tools—along with essential definitions and descriptions of data types—this...

This second edition of the best-selling, award-winning Design in Five offers new and targeted information for reimagining assessment practices, as well as refined processes and protocols to fully engage learners. Refinements to the original five-phase protocol come from...

The traditional system of education is failing our students. Evidence shows competency-based education (CBE) develops empowered learners who succeed, but effective implementation requires a system-wide, coordinated approach. Competency-Based Education Ignited offers school and district leaders a road map...

Equip your teaching team with Dylan Wiliam’s complete formative-assessment toolkit. The Embedded Formative Assessment – Complete Set merges research-backed theory with classroom-ready practice in one three-book collection for educators from Foundation to Year 12. This complete set includes:...

Embedded Formative Assessment Strategies for Student Engagement and Success By integrating classroom formative assessment practices into daily activities, educators can substantially increase student engagement and the rate of student learning. The second edition of this best-selling book by...

Developed as a companion to Embedded Formative Assessment, Second Edition, this handbook guides K–12 teachers through the process of developing effective formative assessments. Within its pages, you'll find tried-and-tested classroom strategies, practical how-tos and exercises designed to guide...

Effective classroom formative assessment helps educators make minute-by-minute, day-by-day instructional decisions. This clear, practical guide for teachers centres on five key instructional strategies, along with an overview of each strategy and practical formative assessment techniques for implementation in...

Built on the foundation of 50 years of research, The New Art and Science of Teaching framework has helped educators around the globe transform instruction. In The New Art and Science of Teaching series, subject-matter experts break down...

Built on the foundation of 50 years of research, The New Art and Science of Teaching framework has helped educators around the globe transform instruction. In The New Art and Science of Teaching series, subject-matter experts break down...