Embedding Formative Assessment: Practical Techniques for K-12 Classrooms (Practical Formative Assessment Techniques for K-12 Classrooms) - Dylan Wiliam

\nEffective classroom formative assessment helps educators make minute-by-minute, day-by-day instructional decisions. This clear, practical guide for teachers centers on five key instructional strategies, along with an overview of each strategy and practical formative assessment techniques for implementation in K-12 classrooms. The authors provide guidance on when and how to use the techniques, tips, cautions, and enhancements to sustain formative assessment.\n \nEducators will learn how to: \n- Clarify, share, and understand learning intentions and success criteria \n- Engineer productive discussions and activities that elicit evidence of learning \n- Provide feedback that moves learners forward \n- Activate students as learning resources for each other \n- Activate students as agents of their own learning \nContents: \nTechniques: Tips, Cautions, and Enhancements \nAcknowledgments \nAbout the Authors \nIntroduction \nChapter 1: Why Formative Assessment Should Be a Priority for Every Teacher \nChapter 2: Your Professional Learning \nChapter 3: Strategy 1--Clarifying, Sharing, and Understanding Learning Intentions and Success Criteria \nChapter 4: Strategy 2--Engineering Effective Discussion, Tasks, and Activities That Elicit Evidence of Learning \nChapter 5: Strategy 3--Providing Feedback That Moves Learning Forward \nChapter 6: Strategy 4--Activating Students as Learning Resources for One Another \nChapter 7: Strategy 5--Activating Students as Owners of Their Own Learning \nConclusion \nResources \nAppendix \nReferences \nIndex