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All teachers know that test scores alone don't reflect what students know and which instructional approaches are most effective at raising achievement. Now you can help teachers throughout your school or district get a more complete picture of learning and teaching by using balanced assessment.

Provide this kit to school study groups and other teacher teams to explore the basic principles of balanced assessment, including

• 3 main types of assessment and the strengths and weaknesses of each
• 4 steps to implementing an approach to teaching that is centered on evidence of student learning
• A 5-phase learning cycle that supports evidence-centered teaching

Teachers use the learning activities, discussion questions, evaluations, and group tasks in the kit to explore assessment strategies that improve a school's or district's entire assessment approach, including

• How to improve standardized tests with better test items and use score reports to enhance student learning and instruction
• How to develop more effective traditional assessments, use them in any kind of classroom, and accommodate students' learning differences
• How to design good scoring rubrics and use them to assess student work
• How to communicate to parents about assessment

An accompanying CD-ROM contains all of the activities and several background readings for easy print-out of multiple copies.

(ASCD Professional Inquiry Kit developed by ETS, 2005) Eight activity folders and a CD-ROM. Minimum System Requirements: Program: MS Word, Windows 98 or NT4.0; Macintosh: OS9, 16 MB RAM, 2X CD-ROM drive, 1024 x 768 screen resolution.