Proficiency-Based Assessment: Process, Not Product (Foundations of quality K-12 curriculum, instruction, and assessment and vocabulary relating to them) (Solutions)

ISBN: 1936763540

Author: Troy Gobble

Condition: New

Confront traditional, ineffective grading practices. With this user-friendly resource, K-12 teachers will discover how to close the gaps between assessment, curriculum, and instruction by replacing outmoded assessment methods with proficiency-based assessments. Learn the essentials of proficiency-based assessment, investigate why this kind of assessment has a key relationship with teaching and learning, and explore evidence-based strategies for successful implementation.Benefits: Follow a curriculum team's journey through the process of learning about and implementing proficiency-based assessment. Discover how the phases in the proficiency-based assessment implementation process relate to each other and how each is important. Build new, informed classroom outlooks by understanding the causes of learning gaps. Study the commitments, unexpected combinations, insights, decisions, and assertions related to proficiency-based assessment. Examine the types of assessment that teachers need to use and fully grasp in order to reach goals for student achievement and create harmonious assessment environments.Contents:IntroductionChapter 1: Beyond the Formative and Summative DivideChapter 2: PreparationChapter 3: IncubationChapter 4: InsightChapter 5: EvaluationChapter 6: ElaborationEpilogue: Professional Learning as a Creative Process