Embedded Formative Assessment, 2nd Edition

Educational achievement carries more importance than ever for
students to thrive in the complex, unpredictable world of the 21st century. In this
second edition of the bestselling Embedded Formative Assessment, author Dylan
Wiliam makes the case for the significant role of formative assessment in
increasing teacher quality and student learning. Through a vast body of new
research, insights, examples and formative assessment techniques, this rich
resource shows F–12 teachers and administrators how to positively impact
student achievement.

Readers will

• discover why formative assessment is the
  most impactful and cost-effective approach to raising student academic
  achievement


• review the five key strategies of
  classroom formative assessment


• gain over seventy practical formative assessment
  techniques to use or adapt in classrooms


• explore the importance of classroom
  questioning, learning intentions and success criteria, feedback, collaborative
  and cooperative learning, and self-regulated learning


• realise that teacher quality remains the
  most important determinant of student learning.