ASCD action tool

"Provides staff developers, teacher leaders, and other professional development leaders with the tools they need to model differentiation as they show teachers and administrators how to successfully implement and maintain differentiated instruction initiatives"--Back cover.

Presents more than sixty tools designed to help teachers at any grade level develop an effective formative assessment process that will help them focus on learning goals, evaluate current work in relation to those goals, and reach those goals.

Presents a teaching tool to help with application of best practices and with analysis of one's techniques in the classroom, covering preparation with regard to content and pedagogy; implementing an effective learning environment; communicating and engaging with students; and professional and administrative responsibilities.