This user-friendly guide shows school leaders how to use formative assessment to improve both student and teacher achievement. With step-by-step information and practical examples, this book will help you develop better assessments that will transform your school. You will learn:

The advantages of formative assessment

When and why to use formative assessment

How to develop valid and reliable assessments

How to mimic the state assessment schedule

How to organize and use data effectively

How to use data to develop teacher leaders

The appendix features more than ten pages of handy reproducibles that will help you implement formative assessments immediately (also available as free downloads www.routledge.com/9781596672468).

A curriculum pacing guide

A presentation template to explain formative assessment to your staff

A non-mastery report

A class item analysis graph

A class profile graph

A student questionnaire, and more!