This book shows you how to improve student achievement by providing them with frequent feedback on their work.

It provides a step-by-step process to help you write good questions that asses student learning, design your own formative assessments, administer short-cycle assessments, analyze and use data to shape instruction, prepare your students for high-stakes tests, and includes activities and forms to walk you through the process step by step.

Lang, Susan; Moore, Betsy; Stanley, Todd

Part 1 An Introduction to Short-Cycle Assessments; Chapter 1 The Long and the Short of Short-Cycle Assessments; Chapter 2 The SCORE Process; Chapter 3 Understanding the Content Standards; Chapter 4 Understanding the State Assessments; Chapter 5 Creating a Pacing Guide; Chapter 6 Question Writing: Constructing Questions that Address the Standard; Chapter 7 Designing Your Assessment; Chapter 8 Standardization of Administration; Chapter 9 Looking at the Data; Chapter 10 Making Adjustments in the ClassroomPart 2 Blueprints for the Process;