The best teachers recognize assessment as a tool and use it to adjust their practice and guide their students to improve.

From clarifying intentions to engineering classroom discussions, these strategies define everyday assessment for learning.

Student thinking tells teachers whether a math lesson is accessible or challenging, on target or misunderstood.

Linking instructional activities to standards improves the diagnostic properties of classroom assessments.

Do your students understand how assessments can help them gain ownership of their learning?

Students demonstrate mastery, dramatize their successes, and communicate with their community—all through digital portfolios.

Six criteria suggest how teachers can judge whether benchmark tests provide useful diagnostic feedback.

When bright students failed to make growth targets, an Idaho district made some changes.

An instructional coach creates a grading system that measures learning but does not overlook effort.

By using assessments as scaffolding, teachers can support students as they develop greater competence.

An assessment tool called Bridging identifies ways to shape instruction for children in the primary grades.

From conferencing to science experiments, video feedback helps students quickly see ways to improve their performance.