| Transformative Assessment Contributor(s): Popham, W. James (Author) |
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ISBN: 141660667X ISBN-13: 9781416606673 Publisher: ASCD OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: For a definitive guide to formative assessment???what it is, how it works, and why you want to use it in your school or classroom???look no further than this foundational book by a renowned expert. W. James Popham clarifies the unique ability of formative assessment to transform education into a more powerful and positive process. Get step-by-step guidance in how to use formative assessments to improve teaching, learning, classroom climate, teacher professional development, and school performance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Education | Evaluation & Assessment - Education | Professional Development |
| Dewey: 371.271 |
| LCCN: 2007049281 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.13" W x 8.76" (0.49 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Testing expert W. James Popham cuts through the jargon and the hype to provide the definitive nuts-and-bolts introduction to formative assessment, a process with the power to completely transform teaching and learning. In his inimitable style, Popham explains the research supporting formative assessment's effectiveness and why familiarity with this research is the key to preserving both teacher sanity and district funds. You'll find step-by-step guidance on how to build frameworks for formative assessment and how to carry out each of the process's four levels: teachers' instructional adjustments, students' learning tactic adjustments, a classroom climate shift, and schoolwide implementation. This book is the place to start for educators considering formative assessment, curious about why their school system is embracing formative assessment, or wondering why the formative assessments they're using now aren't producing the desired results. Here, you'll learn what formative assessment is and isn't, what it can do and what it can't, and the practical way to reap its very real rewards: better teaching and better learning. |