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Understanding Assessment
Differentiation: It Starts with Pre-Assessment - Use an array of pre-assessment options to check for student mastery prior to instruction.
Assessment and Student Success in a Differentiated Classroom - Types of assessments, attributes of quality curriculum, using formative assessments for planning, and strategies for scaffolding and extending.
Classroom Assessments
Formative - A definition of formative assessment from Glossary of Education Reform.
Summative - A definition of summative assessment from Glossary of Education Reform.
Differentiation: It Starts with Pre-Assessment - An ASCD article describing pre-assessment in action in a middle school classroom.
Classroom Assessment Examples
Educational Videos - Education Consulting Service - Videos on topics such as identification and instructional strategies created by founder Susan Winebrenner.