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Understanding School Assessmentwill help parents and community members understand the important role classroom assessment plays in school improvement and student achievement. It explains in clear terms what a healthy, balanced assessment environment looks like in schools and classrooms and what you need to know about the wide variety of assessment information coming home today. This book will help you work knowledgeably with teachers, schools, districts, other parents, and community members to create the best educational environment possible for your child and the children in your community. Also included in theTotal Professional Development Package - ISBN 9780132548922 Additional Resources Study Guide: Understanding School Assessment: A Parent and Community Guide to Helping Students Learn This study guide is provided as a support to individuals and school groups reviewing the lessons in the bookUnderstanding School Assessment: A Parent and Community Guide to Helping Students Learnby Jan Chappuis and Stephen Chappuis. Visit http://www.assessmentinst.com/resources/ati-resources/ to read more articles on assessment, download study guides, and more! To check out ATI events and trainings in you area, visit http://www.assessmentinst.com/category/events/ .

Prior to joining ATI, Jan Chappuis was a curriculum and assessment specialist responsible for professional development and school improvement. Her background as an elementary and secondary teacher, combined with her assessment expertise and professional development experience, enables Jan to provide teachers and school leaders with practical solutions for motivating students and involving them in their own academic success. Her most recent publication, Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning, helps teachers adopt formative assessment practices shown to improve learning.

Steve Chappuis brings a strong background in educational administration to ATI. His leadership experiences include serving as a junior high principal, a senior high principal and executive director responsible for supervision of schools and principals. As an assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, he implemented a standards-based instructional program that included comprehensive assessment plans with policies and professional development in classroom assessment. At ATI, Steve works with educators to help establish balanced and effective local assessment systems. He is also responsible for our leadership for excellence in assessment program - professional development for school leaders and policy makers, and is the co-author of Assessment Balance and Quality: An Action Guide for School Leaders 3rd. Ed.

Table of Contents

IN TRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 1

Assessment in School Today 5

What Is Assessment and Why Is It Changing? 5

What Is the Purpose of Assessment? 8

Who Needs Assessment Information? 9

Sununative and Formative Decisions 13

Different Decisions, Different Assessments 20

Testing for Accountability 21

Assessment Literacy in the Schools 23

Important Ideas 25

CHAPTER 2

Connecting Student Motivation and Assessment 27

How Does Motivation Work? 27

Assessment as a Motivator in School 28

Research on Assessment, Motivation, and Student Achievemen 30

Accurate Classroom Assessments 32

Descriptive Feedback 32

Student Involvement in Assessment 36

Important Ideas 41

CHAPTER 3

What Students Learn: Standards, Curriculum, and Learning Targets 43

What Is a Curriculum? 45

What's Different About Curriculum Today? 46

Classroom Learning Targets: Four Categories 47

Who Benefits When Curriculum Is Defined? 52

How Parents Can Learn About the Written Curriculum 58

The Difficulties and Challenges Ahead 61

Important Ideas 63

CHAPTER 4

Classroom Assessment: Principles, Methods, and Issues of Quality 65

Assessment Principles: Standards of Quality 66

Methods of Assessment 70

Which Method Is Best? 76

Issues of Quality 78

Formative Assessment and Student Involvement Within Each Assessment Method 83

Helping with Homework 85

Important Ideas 91

CHAPTER 5

Standardized Testing 93

What Is a Standardized Test? 95

Using Standardized Tests When the Stakes Are High 104

Important Ideas 107

CHAPTER 6

Communicating About Student Learning 109

The Primazy Purpose 110

What's in a Grade? 110

Beyond Letter Grades and Symbols 116

StUdents as Communicators 118

Communication About Standardized Tests 120

Reconciling State Test Results to Report Card Grades 123

Important Ideas 126

CHAPTER 7

Putting the Pieces Together: Parent and Community Involvement in School Assessment 127

Working with the Schools 129

What Parents Should Know and Can Do 130

Conclusion 144

GLOSSARY OF ASSESSMENT TERMS 149

BIBLIOGRAPHY 155

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IN TRODUCTION	1

CHAPTER 1
Assessment in School Today	5
What Is Assessment and Why Is It Changing?	5
What Is the Purpose of Assessment?	8
Who Needs Assessment Information?	9
Sununative and Formative Decisions	13
Different Decisions, Different Assessments	20
Testing for Accountability	21
Assessment Literacy in the Schools	23
Important Ideas	25

CHAPTER 2
Connecting Student Motivation and Assessment	27
How Does Motivation Work?	27
Assessment as a Motivator in School	28
Research on Assessment, Motivation, and Student Achievemen	30
Accurate Classroom Assessments	32
Descriptive Feedback	32
Student Involvement in Assessment	36
Important Ideas	41

CHAPTER 3
What Students Learn: Standards, Curriculum, and Learning Targets	43
What Is a Curriculum?	45
What's Different About Curriculum Today?	46
Classroom Learning Targets: Four Categories	47
Who Benefits When Curriculum Is Defined?	52
How Parents Can Learn About the Written Curriculum	58
The Difficulties and Challenges Ahead	61
Important Ideas	63

CHAPTER 4
Classroom Assessment: Principles, Methods, and Issues of Quality	65
Assessment Principles: Standards of Quality	66
Methods of Assessment	70
Which Method Is Best?	76
Issues of Quality	78
Formative Assessment and Student Involvement Within Each Assessment Method	83
Helping with Homework	85
Important Ideas	91

CHAPTER 5
Standardized Testing	93
What Is a Standardized Test?	95
Using Standardized Tests When the Stakes Are High	104
Important Ideas	107

CHAPTER 6
Communicating About Student Learning	109
The Primazy Purpose	110
What's in a Grade?	110
Beyond Letter Grades and Symbols	116
StUdents as Communicators	118
Communication About Standardized Tests	120
Reconciling State Test Results to Report Card Grades	123
Important Ideas	126

CHAPTER 7
Putting the Pieces Together: Parent and Community Involvement in School Assessment	127
Working with the Schools	129
What Parents Should Know and Can Do	130

Conclusion	144

GLOSSARY OF ASSESSMENT TERMS	149
BIBLIOGRAPHY	155

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