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Formative Assessment: A Process to
Support Teaching and Learning
Thursday December 9, 2010
4:00 PM Eastern Time
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Formative Assessment: A Process to
Support Teaching and Learning
Presenter: Margaret Heritage
Commentator: Joan Herman
In the invitational webinar series Performance
Assessment for the Next Generation of State
Assessment Programs
Hosted by CTB/McGraw-Hill
December 9, 2010
One hour session
45 minutes for presentation and commentary
15 minutes for questions, comments, and responses
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and comments to me
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Introductions
Margaret Heritage, Assistant Director for
Professional Development at CRESST
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Schools in the UK and US; University of Warwick,
England, Stanford, and UCLA
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Focus: practice and effectiveness of classroom formative
assessment, assessment for learning
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Latest book, Formative Assessment: Making It Happen in
the Classroom (2010), Corwin Press
Joan Herman, Director, CRESST
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Hundreds of presentations and participation on expert
panels. Publications on a range of topics in assessment
for learning. Recent highlights:
– Herman et al. (in review). Capturing quality in formative
assessment practice: Measurement challenges. Assessment
in Education.
– Herman, J. L. & Baker, E.L. (2009) Assessment policy:
Making sense of the Babel. In D. Plank, G. Sykes, & B.
Schneider (eds) AERA Handbook on Education Policy.
Newbury Park, CA: SAGE publications.
Reminder
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and comments to me
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the Q&A session at the end
Q&A
This was the final session in the Next Generation
series
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You can download slides and view all nine sessions
at ctb.com
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