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"Any group of teachers, parents, or community members could use [this book] to participate in the hard work of assessing where our schools are and how they can improve."
From the Foreword by Kathleen Cushman
The authors, whose work at Harvard Project Zero, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform has placed them at the forefront of new assessment strategies, have created a practical, user-friendly guide to provide teachers with strategies and resources for working together to examine and discuss student work such as science projects, essays, art work, math problems, and more. Written for teachers, administrators, curriculum coordinators, staff developers, and researchers, this book offers:
• A clear process for starting and sustaining collaborative discussions of student work and student learning
• Detailed descriptions of two kinds of structured conversations (the Tuning Protocol and the Collaborative Assessment Conference) that guide discussion of student work
• Real examples from schools that have developed their own ways of looking collaboratively at student work
• A useful list of resources and publications that can provide further help.
Tina Blythe is a researcher at Harvard Project Zero. David Allen is a researcher at Harvard Project Zero; he has previously worked for the Coalition of Essential Schools and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University. Barbara Schieffelin Powell is an educational consultant; she has consulted for both the Coalition of Essential Schools and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
Related titles:
Assessing Student Learning: From Grading to Understanding
Looking Together at Student Work: A Window into the Classroom: A Videotape Discussion
