Formative Assessment in the Disciplines is a valuable tool for those planning professional learning for teachers at any stage, including teacher educators, professional learning providers, and teacher leaders.

"A rich and powerful research base connects new disciplinary practice standards, asset-based pedagogies, responsive teaching, and learning-focused classroom assessment. Yet for nearly all novice teachers, this poses the daunting task of learning to teach in ways fundamentally different from how one was taught. Heritage and Wylie provide clear and accessible conceptual frameworks and myriad examples for formative assessment practices in each of the disciplines, and supports for teacher learning of those practices--from preservice to teacher leader roles."
--Lorrie A. Shepard, distinguished professor, University of Colorado Boulder

"In this welcome and important addition to the field, E. Caroline Wylie and Margaret Heritage provide a general framework for formative assessment and specific guidance on how these ideas can be implemented in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Anyone interested in harnessing the power of formative assessment to improve student achievement should read this book."
--Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor of educational assessment, University College London Institute of Education

"The authors accomplish the amazing feat of presenting nuanced information about formative assessment in both teaching and teacher learning--in the disciplines and in the context of contemporary learning theory--in highly readable and compelling text. Engaging examples bring the concepts to life."
--Susan M. Brookhart, professor emerita, Duquesne University

Margaret Heritage is an independent consultant in education focused on research and practice. E. Caroline Wylie is a research director at Educational Testing Service.