Go beyond traditional paper-and-pencil tests!
How can you measure student mastery of 21st century skills like creativity, problem solving, and use of technology? Laura Greenstein provides a framework and practical ideas for using authentic learning experiences and rigorous assessment strategies to engage todays students. With numerous rubrics and checklists, a step-by-step model for developing your own classroom assessments, a lesson planning template, and sample completed lesson plans, this book discusses how to teach and assess:
- Thinking skills: critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and metacognition
- Actions: communication, collaboration, digital and technological literacy
- Living skills: citizenship, global understanding, leadership, college and career readiness
