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Thank you for visiting the companion website for Balanced Assessment Systems. Please select your desired resource below, correlating with the book's parts and activities.
Part 1. Balanced Assessment Systems and Student Learning
Activity 1.1: Formative or Summative?
Activity 1.2: Embracing the Vision of a Standards-Based School
Activity 1.3: Discussing Key Assessment Concepts With Faculty
Part 2. Five Assessment Actions for Balance and Quality
Activity 2.1: Conducting an Assessment Audit
Activity 2.2: Deconstructing Standards Into Classroom-Level Achievement Targets: Practice for School Leaders
Activity 2.3: Indicators of Sound Classroom Assessment Practice
Activity 2.4: Assessment for Learning Self-Evaluation
Activity 2.5: Local Assessment System Self-Evaluation
Part 3. Individual Leadership Actions for Balance and Quality
Activity 3.1: Merging Local and State Assessment Systems
Activity 3.2: Implementing the Written Curriculum
Activity 3.3: Verifying Teachers’ Content Knowledge and Assessment Competence
Activity 3.4: Communicating Learning Targets in Student-Friendly Language
Activity 3.5: A Rubric for Sound Grading Practice
Activity 3.6: When Grades Don’t Match the State Assessment Results
Activity 3.7: Should Teachers Be Held Accountable for Assessment Competence Through Evaluation?
Activity 3.8: Using School/District Policies to Support Quality Assessment
Activity 3.9: Auditing for Balance in Classroom Curriculum and Assessment
Activity 3.10: Assessment Leadership Success Indicators
Activity 3.11: Action Planning for Assessment Balance and Quality
