Informative assessment: when it's not about a grade

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

Part I. Purpose and Goals

Purpose: Changing of the Guard

Goals

Part II. A Suite of Informative Assessments Practices

Formative Assessments and Summative Assessments

Formative Assessments

Summative Assessments

A Suite of Informative Assessment Practices

Part III. Background and Research

Research and Theory Base

Black and Wiliam (1998)

Burke (2004)

Costa (2000)

Dweck (2007)

Gardner (1983)

Guskey (2007)

Kallick (2000)

Marzano, Pickering, and McTighe (1993)

O'Connor (2002)

Popham (2006)

Reeves (2008)

Stiggins (2007)

Wiggins and McTighe (2005)

Part IV. Overview of Book and Chapters

About the Book Format

About the Chapter Format

Teachings

Tools

Techniques

Tasks

Tips

Chapter 1. Routine Informative Assessments: Every Day-Flow

Teachings

Defining Routine Informative Assessments

Describing Routine Informative Assessments

Examples of Routine Assessments That Inform

Tools

Routine Handmade Tools

Traffic Light Cards

Color-Coded Multiple Choice Cards

Lap Boards

Tongue Depressors

Name Cards and Fishbowl

Routine Electronic Tools

Responders or "2Know!"

NEO 2

Routine Questioning Tools

Mr. Pete's Questions

Mr. Parnes' Questions

Techniques

Routine HOT Questioning Techniques

Rhetorical Questions

Woven Questions

Probing

Delving

Reverse Questioning Policy

Routine Informal Cooperative Learning Techniques

"Turn to Your Partner, and ..." (TTYPA...)

Routine Teacher Expectation, Student Achievement (TESA) Techniques

Wait Time

Equal Opportunity to Respond

Delving

Praise

Routine Vocabulary Building and Comprehension Techniques

Unpacking the Language

Tasks

Handmade Signals

Tips

Chapter 2. Reflective Informative Assessments: Many Days-Conversations

Teachings

Defining Reflective Informative Assessments

Describing

Examples of Reflective Informative Assessments

Tools

Advanced Organizers and Note-Taking Foldables

Student Journals

Pocket-Size Book

Magic Book

Boy Scout Container

Take-Away Window

Step Book

Student Portfolios

Whole Group Assessment-Driven Reflections

Agree/Disagree Anticipation Guide

People Search

Human Graph

Metacognitive Prompts

Mrs. Potter's Questions

Ms. Poindexter's Questions

Plus, Minus, Interesting (PMI)

Traffic Light Strategy

Checklists and Rubrics (Criteria in Kid-Friendly Terms)

Reflective Collaborative Learning

Cooperative Learning Roles and Responsibilities

Peer Tutors

Cooperative Learning Tear Share

Blogs

Techniques

Reflective Questioning Techniques

Range-Finding Questions

Hinge-Point Questions

Reflective Questions (Metacognition)

Reflective Teacher Feedback Techniques

Descriptive Feedback

Use of Benchmark Papers

Peer Assessment

Comments That Reference Criteria Instead of Grades

Reflective Collaborative Learning Techniques

Interactive Face-to-Face Conversations

Interactive Remote Conversations (E-Mail Buddies)

Tasks

Tips

Chapter 3. Rigorous Informative Assessments: Some Days - Philosophical Shift

Teachings

Defining Rigorous Informative Assessments

Describing Rigorous Informative Assessments

Examples of Rigorous Informative Assessments

Tools

Performance Assessment

Performance Tasks

Grading Practices

Informative Grading

Traffic Light Grading

Grade Books

No Zeros! No Averages! No "Killer Assignments"!

Electronic Test Creation Software

Test Creation Software

Techniques

Higher-Order Thinking

Inductive Lesson

Deductive Lesson

Tests, Test Questions, and Test Analysis

Ungraded Practice Test

Examining Tests and Student Work Samples

Rating Work Samples

Summative Assessments as Formative Assessments

Data

Item Analysis

Tasks

Grades: "Crime and Punishment" or "A Personal Best"

Tips

Chapter 4. Closure

Afterword

References

Resources and Further Reading

Index