Assessing Science Learning: Perspectives from Research and Practice

Date:2008, April
Author(s):Janet Coffey, Rowena Douglas, and Carole Stearns (editors); features a chapter by EDC's Marian Pasquale and Marian Grogan
Format:Book
CSE’s Marian Pasquale and Marian Grogan have contributed a chapter to NSTA’s newly released publication Assessing Science Learning: Perspectives from Research and Practice. The book has four sections authored by expert researchers, professional developers, and practitioners. The major sections include:
  • Formative Assessment: Assessment for Learning
  • Probing Students’ Understanding through Classroom-Based Assessment
  • Making Meaning: The Use of Science Notebooks as an Effective Assessment Tool
  • Professional Development: Helping Teachers Link Assessment, Teaching, and Learning

The CSE-authored chapter entitled "Aligning Classroom-Based Assessment with High-Stakes Tests" grows out of previous in-person professional development and capacity building with science teachers across the country, as well as an online course on assessment.

For more information or to order a copy:
http://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/9781933531403