Each chapter is designed to teach a clear and straightforward set of learning targets. Each chapter ends with practical classroom-application activities aligned directly to the learning targets for the chapter. The book uses Common Core State Standards as the basis of Mathematics and English Language Arts examples and includes information on how to deconstruct the Common Core State Standards into manageable classroom learning targets. Each chapter offers a more comprehensive treatment of formative assessment practices, including detailed information on how to offer effective feedback and how to prepare students to self-assess accurately. Each chapter provides an expanded range of grade-level examples of key concepts and activities. Each chapter includes frequently-asked questions, identifying common misconceptions with advice on how to avoid typical problems. Anecdotes from classroom teachers describing how they have changed practice as a result of studying and applying CASL principles are woven throughout the text. The assessment methods chapters include streamlined instructions for developing each type of assessment along with easy-to-use instruments for evaluating assessment quality. The book includes an updated chapter that offers expanded information on how to track both formative and summative assessment information Updated information on grading now spans two chapters and includes a step-by-step process to avoid typical grading-related problems. The book is formatted for either independent or learning team-based study. The companion CD provides all necessary learning team resources: suggestions for forming and facilitating learning teams, suggestions for pacing the learning, and chapter-by-chapter forms and materials for completing the activities.