This "how-to" book on formative assessment is filled with practical suggestions for teachers who want to use formative assessment in their classrooms. With practical strategies, tools, and examples for teachers of all subjects and grade levels, this book shows you how to use formative assessment to promote successful student learning. Topics include: (1) Monitoring Student Learning; (2) Small Group, Peer, and Self-Monitoring; (3) Recording Observations; (4) Diagnosing Student Response; (5) Giving and Using Feedback; and (6) Reporting, Grading, and Celebrating Student Growth. Contents include: (1) Formative Assessment: Student Response; (2) Formative Assessment: Monitoring; (3) Formative Assessment: Diagnosis; (4) Formative Assessment: Feedback for Moving Forward in Student Learning; (5) Formative Assessment: Students' Improvement Based on Feedback; and (6) Formative Assessment: Reporting, Grading, and Celebrating Students' Standards-Based Growth. This book also includes the following sections: Acknowledgments, Foreword, Preface, and References.