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December 2007/January 2008 | Volume 65 | Number 4

Informative Assessment


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Feature Articles

Perspectives / An Answer for the Long Term

Marge Scherer

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Learning to Love Assessment

Carol Ann Tomlinson

A master educator describes how she came to view assessment as a partnership between teacher and students.

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The Best Value in Formative Assessment

Stephen Chappuis and Jan Chappuis

Ready-made external tests cannot substitute for the observation and questioning that teachers use to plan next steps.

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Assessing What Matters

Robert J. Sternberg

Worthy assessments drive students to value being creative, analytical, practical, and wise.

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The Rest of the Story

Thomas R. Guskey

What happens after assessment? Effective correctives include tutoring, cooperative teams, and alternative texts.

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Changing Classroom Practice

Dylan Wiliam

Teacher learning communities can help educators transform their day-to-day practice.

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Data in the Driver's Seat

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

How one district used data from interim assessments to improve achievement.

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The Road Less Traveled

Chris W. Gallagher and Suzanne Ratzlaff

Nebraska shows how a system of local assessments can make all the difference.

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Feedback That Fits

Susan M. Brookhart

How to make your feedback helpful and heard by students.

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Self-Assessment Through Rubrics

Heidi Andrade

By examining their own works in progress, students understand how they can improve.

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Taking Formative Assessment Schoolwide

Douglas Fisher, Maria Grant, Nancy Frey and Christine Johnson

Hoover High faculty worked together on everything from developing pacing guides to analyzing test items.

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The Right Way to Measure Growth

Paul E. Barton

A good accountability system must measure both gain and performance on end-of-year tests, this author urges.

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Homework: A Few Practice Arrows

Susan Christopher

Effective homework is the rehearsal before the final event.

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The View from Somewhere

Maja Wilson

Ideally, writing assessment requires a meeting of two minds.

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What Research Says About … / Classroom Walk-Throughs

Jane L. David

Introducing a new research column

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The Principal Connection / What Is Instructional Leadership?

Thomas R. Hoerr

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Leading to Change / Making Strategic Planning Work

Douglas B. Reeves

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Ask About Accountability / How to Play the Appraisal Game

W. James Popham

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Special Report / Left Behind—By Design

Amy M. Azzam

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What Student Writing Can Teach Us

Mark Overmeyer

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Voices: The Teacher / A Little Help from My Friend

Steve Gardiner

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EL Study Guide / Informative Assessment

Teresa Preston

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