Design in Five

This second edition of the best-selling, award-winning Design in Five offers new and targeted information for reimagining assessment practices, as well as refined processes and protocols to fully engage learners. Refinements to the original five-phase protocol come from actual experiences of teachers who have engaged with the process. This is the book you need to design and use assessment well.



This book will help K-12 teachers, administrators, and students of teacher preparation courses: Reflect on current assessment practices to determine their effectiveness Learn and implement a five-phase process to design meaningful, relevant assessments that lead to high levels of learning for all Align and design items and tasks to learning goals Design assessments that help students invest in their learning and take action to improve Access numerous reproducible surveys, charts, and sample assessments

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Defining the Design Process

Chapter 2: Choosing Standards and Planning Engagement

Chapter 3: Analyzing Standards and Constructing Learning Progressions

Chapter 4: Crafting an Assessment Plan

Chapter 5: Creating the Assessment and Gathering the Materials

Chapter 6: Determining Scoring Schemes and Student Investment Strategies

Chapter 7: Collaboratively Engaging in the Assessment Process

Epilogue: Building Hope

Appendix: Reproducibles

References and Resources

Index