Nicole Dimich & Cassandra Erkens 
Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Assessment and Grading [PDF ebook] 
(Your Guide to Solving the Most Challenging Questions About How to Effectively Implement Assessment and Grading)

Get answers to your most challenging questions about implementing effective assessment and grading practices. How do we use assessments to increase hope, efficacy, and achievement? Is reassessment important? Can we change grading practices when stakeholders don’t want us to? All of these questions, and dozens more, are answered concisely, making it easy to build strong assessment and grading practices quickly.

K–12 teachers and administrators will:

Understand the six tenets of assessment and grading

Gain confidence in effective assessment and grading practices

Access concise answers to common questions about assessment and grading

Help implement schoolwide best practices through effective collaboration

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Hope, Efficacy, and Achievement

Chapter 2: A Culture of Learning

Chapter 3: Assessment Purpose

Chapter 4: Communication

Chapter 5: Accurate Interpretation

Chapter 6: Assessment Architecture

Chapter 7: Instructional Agility

Chapter 8: Student Investment

Table of Contents by Topic

Glossary of Terms

A Comprehensive Resource List From STAC

References and Resources

Index