1st Edition
Using Formative Assessment to Enhance Learning, Achievement, and Academic Self-Regulation
List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Formative Assessment
Overview
What About Grading?
Three Guiding Questions
Formative Assessment Influences Learning through Feedback
Formative Assessment and Self-Regulated Learning
Classroom Culture and Formative Assessment
Chapter 2: Actionable Principles of Formative Assessment
Overview
Middle School Classroom
Elementary Mathematics Lesson
Diagnostic Items
Self-Regulated Learning, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
Chapter 3: Clear Learning Goals and Criteria
Overview
Learning Goals Derived From Standards
Learning Goals Derived From Learning Progressions
Performance and Product Criteria
Performance Criteria
Product Criteria
Checklists
Rubrics
Goals, Criteria, and Self-Regulation
Co-Constructing Criteria With Students
Chapter 4: Collecting and Interpreting Evidence of Learning
Overview
Collecting and Interpreting Evidence as Students Work
Collecting and Interpreting Evidence of Learning From Diagnostic Items
Collecting and Interpreting Evidence of Learning From Parallel Tests
Collecting and Interpreting Evidence of Learning With Technology
Researcher-Developed Tools
Online Assessment Response Tools
Evidence Quality
Validity in Formative Assessment
Reliability in Formative Assessment
Fairness in Formative Assessment
Using the Evidence
Collecting and Interpreting Evidence of Learning From Themselves: Student Self-Assessment
Collecting and Interpreting Evidence of Learning From Peers
Student Interpretations of Feedback
Chapter 5: Taking Action
Overview
Teachers Taking Action
Continue With the Lesson as Planned
Make Immediate Instructional Adjustments
Modeling
Prompting
Questioning
Telling
Explaining
Directing
Providing Feedback
Make Plans for Subsequent Lessons
Students Taking Action: Assessment Strategies That Prompt Corrections, Rethinking, and Revisions Connected to Learning Goals and Success Criteria
Summing Up and Moving Forward
Biography
Heidi L. Andrade is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Methodology in the School of Education at the University at Albany, State University of New York, USA.
Margaret Heritage is Assistant Director for Professional Development at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) at University of California Los Angeles, USA.
