Using Assessments to Teach for Understanding

Judith Shulman, Andrew Whittaker

This casebook presents the challenges and dilemmas that all teachers face within the current climate of high-stakes accountability. These cases provide a powerful opportunity to collaboratively analyze and reflect on issues such as: the role of assessment in teaching and learning; designing, using, and interpreting assessments that foster student learning; and incorporating assessments into standards-based instruction.

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