Looking Together at Student Work: A Companion Guide to Assessing Student Learning (Series on School Reform)

By Tina Blythe, Barbara Schieffelin Powell, David Allen, et al.

Book Overview

The authors, whose work at Harvard Project Zero, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform has placed them at the forefront of new assessment strategies, have created a practical, user-friendly guide to provide teachers with strategies and resources for working together to examine and discuss student work such as science projects, essays, art work, math problems, and more. Written for teachers, administrators, curriculum coordinators, staff developers, and researchers, this book offers:

A clear process for starting and sustaining collaborative discussions of student work and student learningDetailed descriptions of two kinds of structured conversations (the Tuning Protocol and the Collaborative Assessment Conference) that guide discussion of student work Real examples from schools that have developed their own ways of looking collaboratively at student work A useful list of resources and publications that can provide further help.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807738557
• ISBN13: 9780807738559
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Looking Together at Student Work: A Companion Guide to Assessing Student Learning (Series on School

Excellent resource for schools looking for a concise reporting of different ways to look at data and student work. Guidance and considerations for first timer groups as well as thoughtful advice to teams trying to develop norms and procedures, while avoiding serious setbacks from needless mistakes. We have purchased multiple copies of this book for our team after positive reviews from primary and intermediate teachers alike.