Leading the Way to Assessment for Learning: A Practical Guide, Second Edition

by Anne Davies, Sandra Herbst, Beth Parrott Reynolds

In Leading the Way to Assessment for Learning, authors Anne Davis, Sandra Herbst, and Beth Parrott Reynolds encourage leaders to take on the role of learner. School and system leaders must fully understand the principles being practiced in the classroom if they are to provide support to their educators and students. Leading the Way to Assessment for Learning describes indicators of successful assessment practices and examples of how leaders have modeled assessment for learning to colleagues and students in their school communities. In this useful guide, leaders will be provided with a variety of practical and proven ideas to use assessment to support the teaching of students, the learning of adults, and their own work as educational leaders. Each chapter
A detailed description of assessment at the classroom level
Indicators of the classroom-based application of key principles of assessment for learning
Strategies to support classroom teachers in their learning
Ways to consider modeling key principles in one s own work as a lead learner

184 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published February 20, 2012

About the author

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Anne Davies, PhD, is an author, a consultant, and a researcher. With more than 30 years of experience in education, Dr. Davies has worked in a variety of positions, including classroom teacher, school district coordinator, department of education planner, school administrator, and university instructor. A world-renowned keynote presenter, her genuine care and commitment to support educators and their important work make her an approachable and insightful specialist.

Educators at every grade level throughout Canada, the United States, and other countries have benefited from the high-touch support Dr. Davies provides during professional development events and multiyear projects. She has worked with the University of Southern Maine; University of Victoria, Victoria, BC; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK; McGill University, Montreal, QC; Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon; and the University of New England, Portland, Maine.

Dr. Davies is author/coauthor of more than 30 books and resources, including the Knowing What Counts series and the award-winning two-book set, Classroom Assessment, and The Facilitator's Guide to Classroom Assessment K-12. One of her most recent projects is the popular multimedia resource kit Workshop-in-a-Box. She has written book chapters and articles for educational journals and publications worldwide.

Dr. Davies earned a doctorate in education from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

Dr. Davies is the author of Making Classroom Assessments Work and the co-author of A Fresh Look at Grading and Reporting in High Schools, Transforming Schools and Systems Using Assessment, Leading the Way to Assessment for Learning, and Setting and Using Criteria.

Reviews

[Nathan Cameron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great llsource if valid assessment practices. Decent tool for school leaders. Like most books on effective teaching and leading it is a horrible source on how to accomplish these things from a pragmatic point of view.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing new if you've been spending a lot of time reading in this area already. What Davies and crew do well is to summarize the work in backward design and effective assessment. This book could serve as a valuable starting point for teams wanting to improve assessment process as well as a refresher for those already steeped in the work.