Rebooting Assessment

"In Rebooting Assessment: A Practical Guide for Balancing Conversations, Performances, and Products, author Damian Cooper argues classroom assessment practices have stagnated. This is because educators are not taking full advantage of technology-driven advancements to incorporate student performances and conversations with students as valid metrics for assessing what students have learned. Cooper and contributor Jeff Catania provide educators with a balanced assessment approach focused on conversations, performances, and physical products (written tests, essays, and so on) in which teachers use a variety of recording devices, from smartphones and tablets to webcams and dedicated video cameras, to capture visual and aural evidence of student learning as it happens in the classroom. This digital evidence enables teachers to provide high-quality feedback to students and support student self- and peer assessment, encouraging them to take ownership of their learning. By reading this book, K-12 educators will receive tools and strategies for creating a more reliable assessment process that enhances learning for every student"--