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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Leading the Assessment Revolution From Within
Chapter 2: Harvesting Assessment Evidence to Yield Effective Responses
Chapter 3: Assessing Beyond the Labels
Chapter 4: Sharing Leadership to Align Assessment Practices Across the School
Chapter 5: Using Data as a Flashlight, Not a Hammer, to Illuminate Evidence That Matters
Chapter 6: Developing Self-Regulatory Learners Through Assessment
Chapter 7: Designing Assessments to Accelerate Learning
Chapter 8: Approaching Learning and Assessment as a Subtle Curator
Chapter 9: Leading the Way to Student Success

PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES

Chapter 1: Leading the Assessment Revolution From Within

• Action Research Tools
• Action Research Report or Presentation Format
• Interval Recording Observation Form
• Frequency Recording Observation Form
• From The Handbook for Collaborative Common Assessments
• Figure 7.5: Protocol for Team-Based Research of Best Practice
• Figure 7.6: Database Template for Documenting the Effectiveness of Instructional Responses
• Action Research Planning Tool
• Annotated Research Notes Template

Chapter 2: Harvesting Assessment Evidence to Yield Effective Responses

• Figure 2.2: Responding to Student Needs
• Figure 2.4: Evidence and Response Organizer

Chapter 4: Sharing Leadership to Align Assessment Practices Across the School

• Figure 4.6: Questions to Spark Conversations About Homework Practices
• Figure 4.8: Survey to Gauge Staff Considerations of Reassessment Practices

Chapter 5: Using Data as a Flashlight, Not a Hammer, to Illuminate Evidence That Matters

• Figure 5.1: Tracking Document for Teacher Peer and Self-Assessment

Chapter 7: Designing Assessments to Accelerate Learning

• Figure 7.2: Preassessment Plan for Assessment Leaders
• Figure 7.3: Creating Common Assessments Checklist
• Figure 7.4: Student-Reflection Tool After Common Assessments Over Time
• Figure 7.5: Student-Reflection Tool After a Common Assessment

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Websites

Chapter 7

• Zearn