Student-Involved Assessment for Learning

by Rick J. Stiggins

This multiple award-winning book is the leading book for assessment courses that focus squarely on teaching teachers how to assess students in classrooms. Showing how to use assessment to accurately reflect student achievement AND how to benefit—not merely grade—student learning, the book examines the full spectrum of assessment topics, from articulating targets, through developing quality assessments and communicating results effectively. The book has an exceptionally strong focus on integrating assessment with instruction through student involvement in the assessment process.

Genres: Education, Teaching

Paperback

First published June 28, 2004

About the author

Richard John Stiggins is the retired founder and president of the Assessment Training Institute (ATI), Portland, Oregon, a professional development company created and designed to provide teachers and school leaders with the assessment literacy needed to face the assessment challenges that pervade American education today. He is a native of Canandaigua, New York and a graduate of the State University of New York at Plattsburg where he majored in psychology. He also holds a master’s degree in industrial psychology from Springfield (MA) College and received a Ph.D. in educational measurement from Michigan State University.

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stiggins provides an great framework of success to ensure authentic assessment is becoming a standardized tool in schools.

[CMT-Michigan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent book, helping break down the newer theory of having students taking charge of their own learning.

[Lynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a textbook that I actually learned something from reading!