In The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition, editor Thomas R. Guskey and expert contributors offer research-backed strategies for re-envisioning assessment to enhance student learning and teacher instruction. The authors provide actionable steps, practical examples and strategies for utilising formative assessments. These strategies promote a growth mindset, proficiency, self-regulation and student ownership, ultimately fostering improved instructional effectiveness and student achievement.

K–12 teachers can use this book to:

• Adopt new perspectives on assessment’s role in guiding student learning.
• Employ practical strategies to improve instruction and enhance student achievement.
• Promote regular assessment analysis to enhance instructional strategies.
• Encourage student self-efficacy in identifying and pursuing learning goals.
• Lead and collaborate with colleagues in developing more effective, practical assessments and alternative instructional strategies.