Westerberg, Tim

"[Westerberg's] aim is to provide the reader with a concrete, detailed, and practical blueprint for transitioning towards standards-based grading ... The approach to best practices in assessment and grading put forth in this book allows a school or district to choose which destination or destinations along a progressive continuum or options it wants to move forward, and at what pace"--pages 2-3.

Outlines a model for high school reform based on developing instructional goals and a common vision of effective instruction, using frequent formative assessment, tracking student progress, providing intervention for struggling students, and celebrating successes.