This updated edition includes a generous selection of user-friendly strategies that help teachers assess struggling learners, students with special needs, children who are performing at grade level, and advanced learners. Included are practical tools that improve student performance and help them take responsibility for their own learning.

Boost student achievement with easy-to-use formative assessment tools This new version of the bestseller provides research-based and practical formative assessment tools, strategies, and activities that simplify the process of identifying students' strengths and needs. Updated features include a new chapter on exciting ways to engage learners in self-assessment; more tools for assessing before, after, and during learning; and approaches to help students take ownership of their own learning. The authors give teachers: Strategies for all grade levels and content areas Tools for interpreting ongoing assessment data for immediate intervention and planning Methods for determining learner preferences, cognitive styles, and multiple intelligences Tips for establishing a positive environment for assessment