Informing the practice of teaching using formative and interim assessment : a systems approach

• Other Authors: Lissitz, Robert W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2013.
• Series: MARCES book series.
• Subjects: Educational tests and measurements > United States.; Academic achievement > United States > Evaluation.; Education > Evaluation & Assessment.; Education: examinations and assessment.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614257
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-113-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 247 pages) : illustrations

This book focuses on interim and formative assessments as distinguished from the more usual interest in summative assessment. I was particularly interested in seeing what the experts have to say about a full system of assessment. This book has particular interest in what information a teacher, a sch...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction / Robert W. Lissitz
• Chapter 1. Connecting the dots: Formative, interim, and summative assessment / Dylan Wiliam, Gage Kingsbury, and Steven Wise
• Chapter 2. Design of interim assessment for instructional purpose: A case study using evidence centered design in advanced placement / Lori Nebelsick-Gullett, Cindy Hamen Farrar, Kristen Huff, and Sheryl Packman
• Chapter 3. Integrating student standardized and formative assessments with the national board for professional teaching standards' teacher development process / Joan Chikos Auchter
• Chapter 4. Using assessment information in real time: What teachers need to know and be able to do / Margaret Heritage
• Chapter 5. The instructional influence of interim assessments: Voices from the field / Lisa M. Abrams and James H. McMillan
• Chapter 6. Sourcing instructionally embedded formative assessments / William D. Schafer
• Chapter 7. Marrying periodic and summative assessments: I do / Kimberly O'Malley, Emily Lai, Katie McClarty, and Denny Way Pearson
• Chapter 8. Comprehensive assessment systems in service of learning: Getting the balance right / Susan M. Brookhart
• Chapter 9. Errors in student learning and assessment: The learning errors and formative feedback (leaff) model / Jacqueline Leighton, Man-Wai Chu, and Paolina Seitz
• Chapter 10. Toward a technical theory for systems for learning: The role of information / Paul Nichols and Charles DePascale
• Chapter 11. Productive formative assessment always requires local district preparation / Rick Stiggins
• About the contributors.