For teachers and administrators, Waterman, a former teacher and current educational consultant and instructional coach specializing in curriculum design, differentiation, assessment, literacy, and mentoring, describes how to create differentiated formative assessments for middle and high school math and science students and collaborate with others to improve assessment. She explains how to apply standards to assessment; how to develop measurable objectives to differentiate by readiness (in terms of struggling, typical, and gifted learners), interests, and learning styles; and how to adjust instruction for the whole class, small groups, and individuals. Assessments include those that are mastery-based, understanding-based, self-expressive-based, interpersonal-based, or combine all four of these learning styles. There is no index. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
