Sticky Assessment: Classroom Strategies to Amplify Student Learning [Hardcover]

Sticky Assessment is a straightforward guide to assessment, designed to demystify assessment and to give teachers the tools they need become better assessors. Translating the latest research into a concise and practical volume, this book helps teachers to monitor student learning, make assessment engaging and meaningful for students, and to use assessment that improves rather than merely measures learning outcomes. With examples from classroom teachers and exercises designed to help teachers think through their processes, this book will be an invaluable and lasting resource for classroom teachers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Figures, Tables, and Images

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Purposeful Assessment: Planned, Progressive, and Cyclical

Planning for Assessment

Teaching as a Continual Act of Assessment

Deliberate Assessment

The Value of Blueprints

Deconstructing Standards

In Practice

Aligned and Progressive Assessment

Alignment with Learning Targets

Alignment through Progressions

Assessment that Supports Learning

In Practice

Sequenced and Cyclical Assessment

From Large-Scale to Classroom

Recurring Cycles

Using the Assessment Cycle

In Practice

Reciprocal and Responsive Assessment

Reciprocal Give and Take

Responding to Assessment

Unexpected Outcomes

In Practice

Chapter Summary

Key Ideas

Why this Works

Reflection and Application