Short Cycle Assessment: Improving Student Achievement Through Formative Assessment

by Susan Lang, Betsy Moore, Todd Stanley

Overview

This book shows you how to improve student achievement by providing them with frequent feedback on their work.

It provides a step-by-step process to help you write good questions that asses student learning, design your own formative assessments, administer short-cycle assessments, analyze and use data to shape instruction, prepare your students for high-stakes tests, and includes activities and forms to walk you through the process step by step.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317923053
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/27/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	225
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Lang, Susan; Moore, Betsy; Stanley, Todd

Table of Contents

Part 1 An Introduction to Short-Cycle Assessments; Chapter 1 The Long and the Short of Short-Cycle Assessments; Chapter 2 The SCORE Process; Chapter 3 Understanding the Content Standards; Chapter 4 Understanding the State Assessments; Chapter 5 Creating a Pacing Guide; Chapter 6 Question Writing: Constructing Questions that Address the Standard; Chapter 7 Designing Your Assessment; Chapter 8 Standardization of Administration; Chapter 9 Looking at the Data; Chapter 10 Making Adjustments in the ClassroomPart 2 Blueprints for the Process;