The Assessment Toolkit

The ultimate collection for professional development in assessment

Transform assessment into a powerful tool that inspires student learning. Featuring resources by leading assessment experts, this toolkit includes a collection of professional development resources to involve students in the assessment process, improve teacher efficacy, and ensure reporting practices accurately measure student achievement. This curated kit includes 30 books for whole-school professional development.

School leaders will:

• Discover research-based solutions for tackling any assessment-related challenge
• Leverage tips, tools, and templates from experts proven to motivate school improvement
• Deepen their understanding of how to design assessments that support a positive school culture while motivating students to succeed
• Equip their staff with a variety of resources flexible enough to meet the needs of adult learners

The Assessment Toolkit contains the following titles (products may be purchased separately):

• Instructional Agility: Responding to Assessment With Real-Time Decisions by Cassandra Erkens, Tom Schimmer, and Nicole Dimich
• Standards-Based Learning in Action: Moving From Theory to Practice by Tom Schimmer, Garnet Hillman, and Mandy Stalets
• Growing Tomorrow's Citizens in Today's Classrooms: Assessing Seven Critical Competencies by Cassandra Erkens, Tom Schimmer, and Nicole Dimich
• Letting Data Lead: How to Design, Analyze, and Respond to Classroom Assessment by Eileen Depka
• Proficiency-Based Assessment: Process, Not Product by Troy Gobble, Mark Onuscheck, Anthony R. Reibel, and Eric Twadell
• Creating a Culture of Feedback by William M. Ferriter and Paul J. Cancellieri
• Essential Assessment: Six Tenets for Bringing Hope, Efficacy, and Achievement to the Classroom by Cassandra Erkens, Tom Schimmer, and Nicole Dimich
• Grading From the Inside Out: Bringing Accuracy to Student Assessment Through a Standards-Based Mindset by Tom Schimmer
• On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting by Thomas R. Guskey
• Softening the Edges: Assessment Practices That Honor K–12 Teachers and Learners by Katie White
• Simplifying Common Assessment: A Guide for Professional Learning Communities at Work® by Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic
• Common Formative Assessment: A Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work®, Second Edition by Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic
• Rebooting Assessment: A Practical Guide for Balancing Conversations, Performances, and Products by Damian Cooper
• Student Self-Assessment: Data Notebooks, Portfolios, and Other Tools to Advance Learning by Katie White
• Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Assessment and Grading by Nicole Dimich, Cassandra Erkens, Jadi Miller, Tom Schimmer, and Katie White
• Get Set, Go: Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems by Thomas R. Guskey
• Coaching Your Classroom: How to Deliver Actionable Feedback to Students by Garnet Hillman and Mandy Stalets
• Jackpot!: Nurturing Student Investment Through Assessment by Nicole Dimich, Cassandra Erkens, and Tom Schimmer
• De-Stress the Test: Brain-Friendly Strategies to Prepare Students for High-Stakes Assessments by Martha Kaufeldt
• The Authentic Standards-Based Environment: A Systematic Approach to Learning Targets, Assessment, and Data by Eileen Depka
• You Can Learn!: Building Student Ownership, Motivation, and Efficacy With the PLC at Work® Process by Tim Brown and William M. Ferriter
• Design in Five: Essential Phases to Create Engaging Assessment Practice, Second Edition by Nicole Dimich
• Formative Assessment in a Brain-Compatible Classroom: How Do We Really Know They’re Learning? by Marcia L. Tate
• Redefining Student Accountability: A Proactive Approach to Teaching Behavior Outside the Gradebook by Tom Schimmer
• Untangling Data-Based Decision Making: A Problem-Solving Model to Enhance MTSS by Jason E. Harlacher, Jon Potter, and Adam Collins
• Pathways to Proficiency: Implementing Evidence-Based Grading, Second Edition by Anthony R. Reibel, Troy Gobble, Mark Onuscheck, and Eric Twadell
• Rehumanizing Assessment: Gathering Evidence of Student Learning Through Storytelling by Tom Schimmer and Natalie Vardabasso
• The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition by Thomas R. Guskey (Editor)

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