Assessment-Powered Teaching

Download or read book Assessment-Powered Teaching written by Nancy W. Sindelar and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to become an assessment-powered teacher is right here! Knowledge is power, and this book puts assessment data and instruction together in a step-by-step format. Instead of dreading the time testing takes from teaching, you can harness its power to define learning targets, build standards-based assessments, and develop data-driven teaching strategies. Assessment expert Nancy W. Sindelar provides testimonials from teachers, data analysis examples, and tools that help teachers: Use formative and summative assessment results to enhance instruction Motivate students by providing clear learning targets Utilize technology to analyze students’ progress Raise test scores