Student Assessment for Educators
About the Book Series
The Student Assessment for Educators series, edited by Drs. James H. McMillan and Heidi L. Andrade, includes volumes that focus on how assessment is used by K-12 teachers and administrators to improve student learning and motivation. The goal of the series is for teachers to internalize a deep understanding of why specific, targeted uses of assessment are effective in impacting students, with examples, so that individual teachers will be able to use the implications and suggestions in their unique contexts and in line with their own teaching style and student needs.
The individual volume topics are based on rich theoretical and research foundations and tied to the realities of what teachers need to do with assessment data. That is, they are not selected by how assessment is conducted, but by how assessment is used by pedagogically and data and assessment literate teachers to document and improve student learning and motivation. Each of the volumes is 100-200 book pages, featuring five to eight chapters. The writing style is engaging, conversational, yet scholarly. Series authors are acknowledged international experts in student assessment who can bridge research and theory with practice in a way that deepens understanding and connects meaningfully with practitioners.
Supporting Equitable Assessment for Multilingual Learners of English
1st Edition
By Michael T. Maksimchuk, Luis Javier Pentón Herrera
April 08, 2026
Supporting Equitable Assessment for Multilingual Learners of English introduces the E5 model of equitable assessment, an original ramework developed by the authors to guide fair and culturally responsive evaluation of multilingual learners of English. The model integrates five guiding ...
Using Rubrics for Teaching and Learning
1st Edition
By Heidi L. Andrade, Susan M. Brookhart
March 02, 2026
Using Rubrics for Teaching and Learning offers practical, evidence-based ideas for how rubrics can serve the multifaceted needs of students. Research shows that, under the right conditions, rubrics can promote learning, scaffold effective peer and self-assessment, and even support self-regulated ...
Leading Schools with Embedded Assessment Practices
1st Edition
By Mary E. Yakimowski, Lisa L. Beckham, Chad M. Gotch
May 15, 2025
Leading Schools with Embedded Assessment Practices prepares PreK-12 leaders to leverage assessment information toward meaningful changes at school. Principals, coaches, instructional specialists, and other leadership professionals are uniquely responsible for fostering curriculum integrity, a ...
Understanding Instructionally Useful Assessment
1st Edition
By Carla Evans, Scott Marion
June 19, 2024
Understanding Instructionally Useful Assessment offers new insights into how various types of assessments, from the state to the classroom, will differ in their usefulness for supporting instructional decision-making and student learning. In order to most effectively serve students, it is essential...
Leveraging Socio-Emotional Assessment to Foster Children’s Human Rights
1st Edition
By Jacqueline P. Leighton
July 12, 2022
Leveraging Socio-Emotional Assessment to Foster Children’s Human Rights focuses on teaching and assessing students’ social and emotional attributes within the broader context of children’s rights. School teachers are charged with more than just academic development – every day, they have ...
Using Grading to Support Student Learning
1st Edition
By Matt Townsley
June 22, 2022
Using Grading to Support Student Learning offers an accessible foundation for using grading practices to support student learning through classroom assessment. Purposeful, defensible grading and reporting mechanisms cannot be neglected in today’s reform climate, and new approaches are needed to ...
Leveraging Digital Tools to Assess Student Learning
1st Edition
By Stephanie Smith Budhai
December 31, 2021
Leveraging Digital Tools to Assess Student Learning provides a practical approach to using technology to collect, interpret, and curate assessment data in K-12 in-person, online, hybrid, and dual learning environments. Digital media, emerging learning technologies, and handheld devices play larger ...
Using Differentiated Classroom Assessment to Enhance Student Learning
1st Edition
By Tonya R. Moon, Catherine M. Brighton, Carol A. Tomlinson
May 27, 2020
Using Differentiated Classroom Assessment to Enhance Student Learning introduces pre- and in-service teachers to the foundations, data use, and best practices of the DCA framework. As differentiated instruction practices increasingly enable K-12 educators to individualize learning in their ...
Managing Classroom Assessment to Enhance Student Learning
1st Edition
By Nicole Barnes, Helenrose Fives
May 06, 2020
As teachers are required to integrate an increasing number of assessment practices into the classroom, it is crucial that they have effective routines for organizing and evaluating the generated data. Managing Classroom Assessment to Enhance Student Learning introduces pre- and in-service ...
Using Formative Assessment to Support Student Learning Objectives
1st Edition
By M. Christina Schneider, Robert L. Johnson
August 14, 2018
As student learning objectives become an increasingly prominent approach to setting goals and growth measures in schools, teachers’ competence in formative assessment is essential. Using Formative Assessment to Support Student Learning Objectives introduces current and future educators to SLOs as ...
Using Peer Assessment to Inspire Reflection and Learning
1st Edition
By Keith J. Topping
July 16, 2018
There is increasingly strong evidence that K-12 learners who assess each other’s work and then engage in related reflections, discussions, and negotiations benefit mutually from the process. In this practical volume, Keith J. Topping provides suggestions for implementing effective peer assessment ...
Using Self-Assessment to Improve Student Learning
1st Edition
By Lois Ruth Harris, Gavin T. L. Brown
April 30, 2018
Using Self-Assessment to Improve Student Learning synthesizes research on self-assessment and translates it into actionable guidelines and principles for pre-service and in-service teachers and for school leaders, teacher educators, and researchers. Situated beyond the simple how-to frameworks ...