Design in Five

This second edition of the best-selling, award-winning Design in Five offers new and targeted information for reimagining assessment practices, as well as refined processes and protocols to fully engage learners. Refinements to the original five-phase protocol come from the actual experiences of teachers who have engaged with the process. This is the book you need to design and use assessment well.This book will help K 12 teachers, administrators, and students of teacher preparation courses:Reflect on current assessment practices to determine their effectivenessLearn and implement a five-phase process to design meaningful, relevant assessments that lead to high levels of learning for allAlign and design items and tasks to learning goalsDesign assessments that help students invest in their learning and take action to improveAccess numerous reproducible surveys, charts, and sample assessmentsContents:IntroductionChapter 1: Defining the Design ProcessChapter 2: Choosing Standards and Planning EngagementChapter 3: Analyzing Standards and Constructing Learning ProgressionsChapter 4: Crafting an Assessment PlanChapter 5: Creating the Assessment and Gathering the MaterialsChapter 6: Determining Scoring Schemes and Student Investment StrategiesChapter 7: Collaboratively Engaging in the Assessment ProcessEpilogue: Building HopeAppendix: ReproduciblesReferences and ResourcesIndex