Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index.

Ch. 1 The Promise and Challenge of Classroom Assessment -- The Educational World Has Changed -- The Power of Classroom Assessment -- Why a Second Edition? -- The Case of Understanding Mathematics Learning and Assessment -- Using This Book -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 2 Situating Assessment Changes -- A Brief History of Assessment -- Looking for Change in all the Wrong Places -- Rethinking Assessment for Real Change -- Purpose Is Everything -- Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Reform -- Taking Up the Challenge -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 3 Assessment of Learning, for Learning, and as Learning -- Assessment for Learning -- Assessment as Learning -- Assessment of Learning -- Getting the Balance Right -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 4 Spotlight on Learning -- Learning Makes Us Human -- How People Learn -- Learning for Understanding -- Leaning Is Hard Work -- Learning Happens in Context -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 5 Assessment and Learning -- The Contribution of Classroom Assessment to Learning -- Assessment as an Integral Part of Teaching and Learning -- Realizing the Power of Assessment to Optimize Learning -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 6 Using Assessment to Identify What They Believe Is True -- The Case of the Pool Table -- Start With What They Believe Is True -- The Case of the Bog -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 7 Using Assessment to Motivate Learning -- Assessment That Motivates -- The Case of Othello -- Assessment to Reverse Socialization -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 8 Using Assessment to Make Connections -- Curriculum as Visible Targets for Learning -- Plan Learning, Plan Assessment, and Expect the Unexpected -- The Case of Planned Literacy Learning -- Differentiation -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 9 Using Assessment to Extend Learning -- Feedback for Learning -- Rubrics and Exemplars as Tools -- The Case of the Brass Band -- Ideas, Connections, and Extensions (ICE) -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 10 Using Assessment for Reflection and Self-Regulation -- The Case of Jojo -- Students as Their Best Assessors -- Developing Self-Regulating Habits of Mind -- The Case of Choices -- Ideas for Follow Up -- ch. 11 Getting to Assessment for Optimum Learning -- It's About Learning and It's About Time -- The Spirit of Assessment for Learning Requires Conceptual Change -- Think About What You Believe Is True -- Learn About Learning -- Know Your Subject -- Be an Expert Teacher -- Work Together in Collaborative Inquiry -- Don't Give Up, But Be Gentle With Yourself -- Self-Regulation for You Too -- Get the Support You Need -- Put It all Together.