Common Formative Assessments 2.0: How Teacher Teams Intentionally Align Standards, Instruction, and Assessment

Common Formative Assessments 2.0: How Teacher Teams Intentionally Align Standards, Instruction, and Assessment

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><em>Assessments that improve the speed and quality of learning</em></strong>—<strong><em>fully updated for teacher teams!</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><em> </em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In this expanded, all-new edition, author Larry Ainsworth provides a system of intentionally aligned components (standards, instruction, assessments, and data analysis) that all work together to improve student learning. Readers will learn to:</p> <ul> <li class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span>Build the “highway” to aligned assessments</span> </li> <li class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span>Decide the learning intentions and student success criteria for a unit of study</span> </li> <li class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span>Evaluate and revise assessment questions for quality</span> </li> <li class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span>Plan the learning progressions for students to attain the learning intentions</span> </li> <li class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span>Create quick progress checks to coincide with the learning progressions</span> </li> <li class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span>Use assessment results as feedback to adjust instruction and student learning strategies</span> </li> </ul> <span><strong><em>Upgrade</em></strong></span><span><strong><em> your CFAs using CFA 2.0! <br /> </em></strong></span><br /> <span>CFA 2.0 is so much more than assessment design. It shows teachers how they can intentionally align standards, instruction, assessment, and data analysis in every unit of study.</span><br />