The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion

A New Companion to Leaders of Their Own Learning Puts Students in Charge of Their Learning and Growth Five years after the publication of Leaders of Their Own Learning, EL Education is back with a new companion guide to help you tackle the common challenges of student-engaged assessment. This unique, student-centered approach to assessment equips and compels students to understand goals for their learning and growth, track their progress toward those goals, and take responsibility for reaching them. EL Education has more than 25 years of experience supporting school transformation through student-engaged assessment. With their new book, The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion, they have harvested the best tools and wisdom from schools across the country to help you hone student-led assessment practices in your classroom and school. Identifies the common challenges of implementing each of the eight interrelated student-engaged assessment practices from Leaders of Their Own Learning, and provides strategies and tools for tackling them Offers practical tips for school leaders Deepens your learning with 46 videos and an online toolbox  The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion is designed for teachers and leaders of all grade levels and no prior knowledge of the original Leaders of Their Own Learning is necessary to make the most of this book.

About the Authors xxi About EL Education xxiii Acknowledgments xxv Foreword xxvii Preface xxxi Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Learning Targets 5 Chapter 2 Checking for Understanding during Daily Lessons 45 Chapter 3 Using Data with Students 85 Chapter 4 Models, Critique, and Descriptive Feedback 117 Chapter 5 Student-Led Conferences 155 Chapter 6 Celebrations of Learning 193 Chapter 7 Passage Presentations with Portfolios 231 Chapter 8 Standards-Based Grading 271 Appendix: What’s in the Online Toolbox? 311 References 315 Index 317