December 2007/January 2008
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December 2007/January 2008 | Volume 65 | Number 4
Informative Assessment
Feature Articles
Perspectives / An Answer for the Long Term
Marge Scherer
Listen online at http://shop.ascd.org/mp3/el_december2007.mp3
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Learning to Love Assessment
Carol Ann Tomlinson
A master educator describes how she came to view assessment as a partnership between teacher and students.
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The Best Value in Formative Assessment
Stephen Chappuis and Jan Chappuis
Ready-made external tests cannot substitute for the observation and questioning that teachers use to plan next steps.
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Assessing What Matters
Robert J. Sternberg
Worthy assessments drive students to value being creative, analytical, practical, and wise.
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The Rest of the Story
Thomas R. Guskey
What happens after assessment? Effective correctives include tutoring, cooperative teams, and alternative texts.
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Changing Classroom Practice
Dylan Wiliam
Teacher learning communities can help educators transform their day-to-day practice.
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Data in the Driver's Seat
Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
How one district used data from interim assessments to improve achievement.
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The Road Less Traveled
Chris W. Gallagher and Suzanne Ratzlaff
Nebraska shows how a system of local assessments can make all the difference.
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Feedback That Fits
Susan M. Brookhart
How to make your feedback helpful and heard by students.
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Self-Assessment Through Rubrics
Heidi Andrade
By examining their own works in progress, students understand how they can improve.
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Taking Formative Assessment Schoolwide
Douglas Fisher, Maria Grant, Nancy Frey and Christine Johnson
Hoover High faculty worked together on everything from developing pacing guides to analyzing test items.
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The Right Way to Measure Growth
Paul E. Barton
A good accountability system must measure both gain and performance on end-of-year tests, this author urges.
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Homework: A Few Practice Arrows
Susan Christopher
Effective homework is the rehearsal before the final event.
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The View from Somewhere
Maja Wilson
Ideally, writing assessment requires a meeting of two minds.
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Departments
What Research Says About … / Classroom Walk-Throughs
Jane L. David
Introducing a new research column
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The Principal Connection / What Is Instructional Leadership?
Thomas R. Hoerr
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Leading to Change / Making Strategic Planning Work
Douglas B. Reeves
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Ask About Accountability / How to Play the Appraisal Game
W. James Popham
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Special Report / Left Behind—By Design
Amy M. Azzam
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ASCD Community in Action
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Best of the Blog
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Online Only
What Student Writing Can Teach Us
Mark Overmeyer
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Voices: The Teacher / A Little Help from My Friend
Steve Gardiner
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EL Study Guide / Informative Assessment
Teresa Preston
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