Ahead of the Curve: The Power of Assessment to Transform Teaching and Learning
Ahead of the Curve provides a comprehensive view of the challenges
of assessmentfrom a classroom, system, and leadership standpointand
examines the many perspectives of effective assessment design and
implementation. The distinguished contributors to this volume
support the premise that the fundamental purpose of assessment is
not to rate, rank, and sort students, but rather to provide
meaningful feedback that leads to improved performance. The authors
believe that assessment is most productive when its purpose is for
learning rather than for simply measuring it. Section 1 explores
the issues of classroom assessment. Section 2 considers the
challenges of system-level assessment. Section 3 considers specific
assessment challenges for English language learners and special
needs students. Section 4 addresses the issues of assessment
leadership. And the epilogue presents a powerful example of
assessment excellence in action.
