1st Edition

Supporting Teachers' Formative Assessment Practice with Learning Progressions

By Erin Furtak Copyright 2018
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents the results of a four-year, National Science Foundation-funded project that engaged nine high school biology teachers at three public high schools in long-term, on-site professional development program centered on a learning progression. It explores the influence of teacher participation in this professional development experience on their learning about student thinking,... Read more

Section 1: Setting the Stage



Chapter 1: Introduction



Chapter 2: The Elevate Learning Progression



with Deb Morrison



Chapter 3: Participants and Professional Learning Communities



with Sara C. Heredia



Chapter 4: Professional Learning Environment: The Formative Assessment Design Cycle



with Sara C. Heredia



Section 2: Findings



Chapter 5: Quality Formative Assessment Tasks



with Deb Morrison and Hilda Scheuermann



Chapter 6: Formative Assessment Classroom Practices



with Sara C. Heredia and Jason Y. Buell



Chapter 7: Student Learning



with Deb Morrison and Ruhan Circi



Chapter 8: Cross-Case Analyses



with Katharina Kiemer, Sara C. Heredia and Deb Morrison



Chapter 9: The Horizon



Appendices

Biography

Erin Marie Furtak is Associate Professor of Education, University of Colorado Boulder, USA.