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Assessment As Learning

Using Classroom Assessment to Maximize Student Learning

By: Lorna M. Earl

Take the confusion out of assessment, and make it work to enhance the learning process—every day!

This timely resource takes the mystery and confusion out of assessment by reframing its purpose in student evaluation and learning. It will provide teachers and school and district administrators with:

  • Mechanisms for effective use of assessment as learning in a variety of contexts
  • Compelling, real-life examples and case studies drawn from the author's own experiences
  • Sample rubrics and lesson plans as well as "Ideas for Follow-up" at the end of each chapter
  • An understanding of the possible confusion surrounding assessment and its place in the learning process
Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9780761946267
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Series: Experts In Assessment Series
  • Year: 2003
  • Page Count: 152
  • Publication date: May 07, 2003

Price: $31.95

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Description

Description

Take the confusion out of assessment, and make it work to enhance the learning process—every day!

Assessment and evaluation are central to educational reform, and they represent major shifts in thinking about learning, about schools, and about teaching. Assessment as Learning represents one of these crucial changes, but it encompasses more than just using a variety of new techniques. The concept of Assessment as Learning allows teachers to use their judgment about children's understanding to inform the teaching process and to determine what to do for individual children.

This timely resource takes the mystery and confusion out of assessment by reframing its purpose in student evaluation and learning. It will provide teachers and school and district administrators with:

  • Mechanisms for effective use of assessment as learning in a variety of contexts
  • Compelling, real-life examples and case studies drawn from the author's own experiences
  • Sample rubrics and lesson plans as well as "Ideas for Follow-up" at the end of each chapter
  • An understanding of the possible confusion surrounding assessment and its place in the learning process
  • A detailed discussion of the changing role of schooling and our increasing knowledge about the complex nature of learning

Learn to embrace assessment, not just as a tool for student evaluation, but as a valuable strategy for everyday classroom learning.


Key features

Based on real teacher's experiences, short and direct 

Author(s)

Author(s)

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Lorna M. Earl

Lorna M. Earl is a director of Aporia Consulting Ltd. and a retired associate professor from the Department of Theory and Policy Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. She was the first director of assessment for the Ontario Education Quality and Accountability Office, and she as been a researcher and research director in school districts for over 20 years.

Throughout her career, Earl has concentrated her efforts on policy and program evaluations as a vehicle to enhance learning for pupils and for organizations. She has done extensive work in the areas of literacy and the middle years, but has concentrated her efforts on issues related to evaluation of large-scale reform and assessment (large-scale and classroom) in many venues around the world. She has worked extensively in schools and school boards, and has been involved in consultation, research, and staff development with teachers' organizations, ministries of education, school districts, and charitable foundations. Earl holds a doctorate in epidemiology and biostatistics, as well as degrees in education and psychology.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Introduction


Preface


About the Author


1. The Evolution of Assessment

     "The Case of Standards-Based Assessment"

     Defining the Future

     Ideas for Follow-Up

2. Rethinking Assessment

     A Brief History of Assessment

     Looking for Change in All the Wrong Places

     Rethinking Assessment for Real Change

     Purpose is Everything

     Taking Up the Challenge

     Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Reform

     Ideas for Follow-Up

3. Assessment of Learning, for Learning, and as Learning

     Assessment of Learning

     Assessment for Learning

     Assessment as Learning

     Getting the Balance Right

     Ideas for Follow-Up

4. A Focus on Learning

     Learning for Understanding

     Learning Is Hard Work

     Learning Happens in Context

     Ideas for Follow-Up

5. Assessment and Learning

     How Does Assessment Contribute to Learning?

     This is Not Just About Assessment

     Ideas for Follow-Up

6. Using Assessment to Identify What Students Believe to Be True

     "The Case of the Pool Table"

     Start With What Students Believe to Be True

     "The Case of the Bog"

     Ideas for Follow-Up

7. Using Assessment to Motivate Learning

     Assessment That Motivates

     "The Case of Othello"

     Assessment to Reverse Socialization

     Ideas for Follow-Up

8. Using Assessment to Make Connections

     Curricula as Visible Targets for Learning

     Plan Learning, Plan Assessment, and Expect the Unexpected

     "The Case of the Literacy Hour"

     Differentiation

     Ideas for Follow-Up

9. Using Assessment to Extend Learning

     Feedback for Learning

     Rubrics and Exemplars as Tools

     "The Case of the Brass Band"

     Ideas, Connections and Extensions (ICE)

     Ideas for Follow-Up

10. Using Assessment for Reflection And Self-Monitoring

     "The Case of Jojo"

     Students as Their Own Best Assessors

     Developing Self-Evaluation Habits of Mind

     "The Case of Choices"

     Ideas for Follow-Up

11.Using Assessment for Optimum Learning

     Think About What You Believe to Be True

     Learn About Learning

     Know Your Subject

     Be an Expert Teacher

     Work Together

     Be Gentle With Yourself, But Don't Give Up

     Self-Monitoring and Self-Development for You, Too

     Get the Support You Need

     Put It All Together

References


Index