How to assess your students - Andrew Grevatt

How to Assess Your Students provides classroom practitioners with concise, practical guidance on a perennially important issue which remains central to teaching success. Written by a former teacher and expert within teacher education and assessment for learning, it leads readers through the assessment journey - from what it means and its practical implementation, through to making successful use of data to inform students' learning. The book: - Explains the essentials of assessment, including (a) the features of assessment culture in the classroom and (b) strategies to develop a formative assessment culture in classrooms- Provides practical guidance on how to prepare effective assessment activities and tasks- Shows how we can learn from assessment data, and use it to provide students with helpful, constructive feedback - Empowers teachers to feel confident in using assessment as a progressive tool, helping them to make proactive decisions about student learning and progress.