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Student-Involved Assessment FOR Learning (4th Edition)

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I ordered this book for a master's course I'm taking and found the information on reasoning patterns and assessment very useful in helping me see the difference between sound and unsound asssessment. Stiggins suggests numerous assessment ideas that provide a more positive environment for assessing and learning. This is a book I will keep in my classroom and use frequently.

This text could be helpful to novice and highly experienced teachers. The assessments types are outlined and discussed in good detail and actual examples are illustrated. The first few chapters define and discuss the nature of assessment and how this will relate to the teacher and their students. Both the teacher and student will benefit from assessment that is well planned in advance. The next few chapters discuss how to plan and develop your assessment plan. The school of thought here seems to be in the variations in difficulty and type of assessment. If teachers are able to change up their assessment routines students will have more ways to demonstrate their knowledge, reasoning skills, performance skills, formative and summative products, and dispositions in the subject material. Four different types of assessment are featured: Selected response, essay, performance, and personal communication. All of these assessment methods can be used as both formal and informal assessments depending on the purpose of assessing a specific skill or set of skills being taught. Overall, I think this is an excellent assessment text for teachers who want to assess their students FOR learning rather than OF learning as discussed in the text.

This is an excellent text for defining what we mean by assessment and for examining how different types of assessments fit different purposes. It is very uiseful for teacher professional development.

This book is a textbook for a class I am taking. But, it is well written and easy to read. I do not agree with the authors 100% (Chapter 3 is problematic), but it is a great guide in assessing students very thoroughly.

Great shipping time, packaging, and no problems. It is a must have book or assessing students in the classroom. I am learning alot from this book.

Rick Stiggins is an expert in the field of Education. This book is required reading from my online school Masters Degree program. It is very useful, appropriate and full of everything one needs to know about creating verifiable, fair and reliable assessment instruments for use in every classroom. Melody A. Marion Bickhem, author of Bonding Before Birth & Beyond, and aspiring teacher student. [...]

This product was bought for a class and came in useful. Great condition and arrived in a timely manner.

This is a very well written book that makes you think about assessment and how to write excellent assessments. There are many examples and research to back up the information given.

For anybody who teaches anything at all, this is a great start to understanding evaluation and assessment and the importance it plays in learning. Almost an example in and of itself, the book works through the three steps of the evaluation process and fills in all the necessary content to ensure your complete understanding of evaluation and assessment for learning.

Bought for class. Cheaper on Amazon new than it was used at the college bookstore. Book is great for understanding assessments and how to use them productively in the class.