Rigor and Assessment in the Classroom

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-93614-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 297 g

Learn how to assess students in a way that truly impacts learning. In Rigor and Assessment in the Classroom, bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn provides a broad range of practical strategies for increasing the rigor and usefulness of your formative and summative assessments. You’ll discover how to…

- Create an environment where students are expected to learn at high levels;

- Evaluate and check student learning in a way that ensures growth;

- Strengthen the validity and reliability of your assessments;

- Plan assessments in conjunction with planning the instruction;

- Differentiate assessments to increase the rigor for all students;

- Enhance the effectiveness of your grading system and feedback;

- Use performance-based assessment to enhance rigor; and

- Design clear, reader-friendly rubrics and scoring guides.

Each chapter includes ready-to-use tools, examples across the subject areas, and "Think About It" questions to help you reflect on what you’ve read. Many of the tools are also offered as free eResources at www.routledge.com/9781138936140, so you can easily print and distribute them for classroom use.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blackburn, Barbara R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Meet the Author

Acknowledgments

eResources

Introduction

Chapter 1: Best Practices in Rigor and Assessment

Chapter 2: Planning for Rigorous Assessments

Chapter 3: Linking Instruction and Assessment to Improve Rigor

Chapter 4: Formative Assessment for Rigor

Chapter 5: Rigorous Summative Assessments

Chapter 6: Performance-Based Assessments Enhance Rigor

Chapter 7: Differentiated Assessments to Increase Rigor for All Students

Chapter 8: Grading in a Rigorous Classroom

Chapter 9: The Critical Role of Feedback in the Rigorous Classroom

Chapter 10: Working Together to Improve Assessment in Rigorous Classrooms

References

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Barbara R. Blackburn is the bestselling author of sixteen books and is a sought-after consultant (www.barbarablackburnonline.com). She was an award-winning professor at Winthrop University and has taught students of all ages.