Download or read book Assessment as a Catalyst for Learning written by Garnet Hillman and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All too often, assessment ends up as an afterthought and a method to punish students for not reaching proficiency, and educators rarely use assessment to inspire student learning. In Assessment as a Catalyst for Learning: Creating a Responsive and Fluid Process to Inspire All Students, authors Garnet Hillman and Mandy Stalets outline how any assessment, including on-the-spot informal formative assessments, planned formal formative assessments, and summative assessments to verify learning, can further learning. The book helps teachers embrace assessment not as isolated events but as a clear process to identify and deconstruct priority standards, build learning progressions, develop formative and summative assessment, and plan daily instruction. By reading this book, educators receive practical tools and strategies they can use to impart students with hope and self-efficacy"--