The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition: (Practical Strategies for Utilizing Formative Assessment) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781962188517)

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 utilizing formative assessments. These strategies promote a growth mindset, proficiency, self-regulation, and student ownership, ultimately fostering improved instructional effectiveness and student achievement.

K-12 teachers can use this book to:

• Adopt new perspectives on assessment's role in guiding student learning
• Employ practical strategies to improve instruction and enhance student achievement
• Promote regular assessment analysis to enhance instructional strategies
• Encourage student self-efficacy in identifying and pursuing learning goals
• Lead and collaborate with colleagues in developing more effective, practical assessments and alternative instructional strategies

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Leading the Assessment Revolution From Within
Chapter 2: Harvesting Assessment Evidence to Yield Effective Responses
Chapter 3: Assessing Beyond the Labels
Chapter 4: Sharing Leadership to Align Assessment Practices Across the School
Chapter 5: Using Data as a Flashlight, Not a Hammer, to Illuminate Evidence That Matters
Chapter 6: Developing Self-Regulatory Learners Through Assessment
Chapter 7: Designing Assessments to Accelerate Learning
Chapter 8: Approaching Learning and Assessment as a Subtle Curator
Chapter 9: Leading the Way to Student Success

Author: Thomas R. Guskey
ISBN-10: 1962188515
ISBN-13: 9781962188517
Publisher: Solution Tree
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2025
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback