25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom, 2nd Edition - by Judith Dodge & Blanca Duarte (Paperback)

About the Book

"Easy, low-prep assessments that help you pinpoint students' needs and reach all learners. Grades 4 & up"--Cover.

Book Synopsis

This new edition of the best-selling resource includes new and updated formative assessment templates, technology connections with easy-to-use digital applications for every assessment, a new section on rubrics and self-assessments, a new focus on scaffolding ELLs, and so much more! These ready-to-go activitiesâ€"complete with step-by-step lessons, student samples, tiering tips, and reproducible student pagesâ€"can be used across the curriculum and provide valuable assessment data for teachers.

Judy Dodge is a learning specialist and a recognized leader in the field of effective classroom instruction. A former teacher and national presenter, she is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Study Skills Handbook (Scholastic, 1994), Differentiation in Action (Scholastic, 2006), 25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom (Scholastic, 2009), co-author of Core Instructional Routines K-5 (Heinemann, 2015) as well as, Core Instructional Routines 6-12 (Heinemann, 2016). Her current work involves helping teachers to enhance the individual strengths of diverse learners in an era of Common Core Standards. The focus of her work includes study skills, reading and writing across the content areas, strengthening student questioning and vocabulary skills, formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and designing tiered activities to scaffold ELLs and struggling learners while being able to challenge advanced learners at the same time. She enjoys collaborating with teachers and administrators to create joyful, yet rigorous, classrooms that make learning visible.

Blanca Duarte is an educational technology specialist and chief enablement officer at LogicWing, a Google and Microsoft Education professional development partner. For the last 15+ years she has worked in public and private education, helping educators develop 21st-century skills and collaborating with administrators and teachers to create new ways to motivate and engage learners in deeper uses of technology.

About the Author

Judy Dodge is a learning specialist and a recognized leader in the field of effective classroom instruction. A former teacher and national presenter, she is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Study Skills Handbook (Scholastic, 1994), Differentiation in Action (Scholastic, 2006), 25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom (Scholastic, 2009), co-author of Core Instructional Routines K-5 (Heinemann, 2015) as well as, Core Instructional Routines 6-12 (Heinemann, 2016). Her current work involves helping teachers to enhance the individual strengths of diverse learners in an era of Common Core Standards. The focus of her work includes study skills, reading and writing across the content areas, strengthening student questioning and vocabulary skills, formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and designing tiered activities to scaffold ELLs and struggling learners while being able to challenge advanced learners at the same time. She enjoys collaborating with teachers and administrators to create joyful, yet rigorous, classrooms that make learning visible.
Blanca E. Duarte is a native New Yorker. Born in Queens, New York, to immigrant parents, she was brought up to believe "with an education, you can do anything." After graduating with a degree in business, she turned her passion towards computers and systems. At 29, she decided to pursue a degree in teaching and found educational technology to be a perfect blend of what she was looking for.The 2nd edition of 25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom turned out to be a labor of love, both in deepening the friendship she already had with the first edition's author, Judy Dodge, and as a yearlong dedication to the thousands of teachers and students for whom she worked with since 2001.Blanca is passionate about education, universal access, and redesigning learning experiences.She believes in work as an extension of play, in future oriented endeavors, in the platform as the web, and most importantly, that with an education, you can do anything.25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom, with a focus on ELLs and technology to support learning, is her first book. She and co-author Judy Dodge can be found in classrooms supporting teachers and, on occasion, in townships in South Africa, connecting children to the U.S. through technology.She is also co-founder of LogicWing, a company focused on leveraging technology to help people live, work, and learn.She lives in Northport, NY, with her husband, a lover of fantasy books, and her daughter, an avid reader.Twitter: @blancaedu