This book by Sheryn Spencer Waterman follows the bestselling Handbook on Differentiated Instruction for Middle and High Schools. With numerous examples and strategies, it is an all-inclusive manual on assessing student readiness, interests, learning and thinking styles. It includes examples of:
Pre-, Formative and Summative assessments
-Informal and formal assessments
-Oral and written assessments
-Project and performance assessments
-Highly structured and enrichment assessments for struggling to gifted students
-Assessment tools and rubrics

This book is for educators at all levels and is packed with creative, use-now tips and activities to support new and struggling teachers. Combining real-life scenarios with current research, the author demonstrates how educators can get the most out of available resources, promote a school culture devoted to helping and caring, and meet common school challenges head-on New and noteworthy--by providing creative activities and acknowledging the complexity inherent in school culture, this practical guide can really help educators implement a mentoring/coaching program that works

For middle and high school teachers teachers of social studies and English, this book is filled with examples of instructional strategies that address students' readiness levels, interests, and learning preferences. It shows teachers how to formatively assess their students by addressing differentiated learning targets.

Included are detailed examples of differentiated formative assessment schedules plus tips on how to collaborate with others to improve assessment processes. Teachers will learn how to adjust instruction for the whole class, for small groups, and for individuals....

This book provides tips and strategies which unify two popular and effective trends
- the differentiated classroom, in which teachers align their instruction to meet the needs of individual students.
- the democratic classroom, in which students are intrinsically motivated to learn because they are given chances to make choices.

For middle and high school teachers of mathematics and science, this book is filled with examples of instructional strategies that address students' readiness levels, interests, and learning preferences. It shows teachers how to formatively assess their students by addressing differentiated learning targets.

Included are detailed examples of differentiated formative assessment schedules, plus tips on how to collaborate with others to improve assessment processes. Teachers will learn how to adjust instruction for the whole class, for small groups, and for individuals. They will also...