{"product_id":"assessing-student-learning-by-design_9780807779590","title":"Assessing Student Learning by Design","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Adopting these ideas could create powerful changes in a teacher, a learner, and a classroom…. The writers of this book have organized their thoughts like signposts that lead the reader along in a natural flow of ideas. Throughout the work, they present the concepts in charts that make it easy for a reader to understand and refer to when needed.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Education Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can we help teachers \u003cb\u003euse classroom assessments to gather appropriate evidence for all valued learning goals\u003c\/b\u003e, and to use those assessments not just to measure learning but to promote it? This book provides an answer in \u003cb\u003ea practical, proven, and unique Assessment Planning Framework \u003c\/b\u003ethat moves away from solely multiple-choice tests toward a wide range of approaches to classroom assessment activities, including performance-based assessments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cb\u003euser-friendly guide\u003c\/b\u003e will help pre- and inservice teachers to match assessments to purpose, goals, and content; select appropriate tasks; communicate productive feedback to students and parents; and use assessment results to inform instruction. School leaders will find it a practical guide for improving schoolwide assessment practices, as well as supporting teachers and orienting new staff. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssessing Student Learning by Design\u003c\/i\u003e encourages educators to \u003cb\u003euse classroom assessment as a way to inform teaching and learning\u003c\/b\u003e, rather than simply to assign grades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilds on the classic book Understanding by Design, written by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a practical, nontechnical presentation appropriate for teacher preparation and busy practitioners (K–16).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores different purposes for, and methods of, classroom assessment and grading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddresses assessment of academic standards as well as transdisciplinary outcomes, such as 21st-century skills.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribes the principles and practices underlying standards-based grading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jay McTighe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43037221060710,"sku":"9780807779590","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/4051\/5174\/files\/9780807779590.jpg?v=1771608303","url":"https:\/\/www.tcpress.com\/products\/assessing-student-learning-by-design_9780807779590","provider":"Teachers College Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}