Fogarty, R: Balanced Assessment

Balanced Assessment is ideal for teachers who are moving toward more authentic assessments but are reluctant to completely abandon more traditional models. This resource demonstrates how using the Tri-Assessment Model that combines portfolio and performance assessments with traditional assessments can provide a truer, more holistic look at students. Author Robin Fogarty also provides several in-depth strategies and activity suggestions that can be used in any classroom to tap into the full range of students’ potential. Robin Fogarty is president of Robin Fogarty and Associates, Ltd., an educational publishing/consulting company. A leading proponent of the thoughtful classroom, she has trained educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction, and assessment strategies. Fogarty has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to college, served as an administrator, and consulted with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, Korea, and the Netherlands. She has published articles in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan and the Journal of Staff Development. Fogarty has written How to Differentiate Learning (Corwin Press, 2007), Literacy Matters (Corwin Press, 2006), and From Staff Room to Classroom: Planning and Coaching Professional Learning (Corwin Press, 2006). Fogarty received her doctorate in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University, Chicago.