Assessing with Respect: Meeting Students’ Social and Emotional Needs Through Better Evaluation
This MAC-exclusive article by our 2025-26 MAC Reads featured author is drawn from her book, Assessing with Respect: Everyday Practices That Meet Students’ Social and Emotional Needs. Sackstein writes, “Reflecting on my journey as an educator, the moments that stand out aren’t the perfect test scores or the straight-A report cards. They’re the students who told me, ‘I finally love learning’, or ‘I’m not afraid to make mistakes anymore.’ That’s what Assessing with Respect is all about. It’s not just a book—it’s a call to action. A reminder that assessment should empower, not discourage. It should reflect the whole child, not just their output.”
Assessment Advances Michigan’s Top 10 in 10 Strategic Goals
The Top 10 in 10 goals for Michigan education are laid out in this table,
Assessment as a Positive Influence on 21st Century Teaching and Learning: A Systems Approach to Progress
Assessment as a Positive Influence on 21st Century Teaching and Learning: A Systems Approach to Progress, James W. Pellegrino. Educational Psychology, Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2014 , Pages 65-77. Creative Commons license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Assessment Blueprint Example & Template
This tool demonstrates a draft plan (blueprint), including: purpose, item rigor, item type, and item alignment to standards.
Assessment Crisis: The Absence of Assessment for Learning
This resource describes the impact of the absence of formative assessment in many classrooms.
Assessment For Learning: 10 Principles
This site offers a free download of the poster produced by the Assessment Reform Group (ARG) in 2002, which summarizes the key features resulting from research into Assessment for Learning.
Assessment for Learning in STEM Teaching: online course from the National STEM Learning Centre
This free, online course is designed for K-12 STEM teachers. It features Christine Harrison, Andrea Mappleback, and Dylan Wiliam.
Assessment Learning Modules Series
The Assessment Learning Modules are aligned to Assessment Literacy Standards that serve as a core to all MAC professional learning opportunities. The modules were developed by the MAC and authored by nationally-recognized assessment experts. Each module provides an opportunity for engagement, reflection, and access to tools and other resources that can support professional learning.
Assessment Literacy Standards: A National Imperative MAC, Inc. 2017
This document explains the need for increased assessment literacy, defines assessment literacy, includes assessment literacy standards for students, teachers, administrators and policy makers. It includes references and a glossary of terms
Assessment Literacy Standards Glossary MAC , Inc. 2018
This living document, is continually updated on the MAC website to reflect terms used in the Assessment Literacy Standards as well as terms used in the MAC developed Assessment Learning Modules
Assessment Playbook for Distance and Blended Learning
This book by authors Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Vince Bustamante, and John Hattie offers advice for Measuring Student Learning in Any Setting.
Assessment Purposes
This is a document describing the different purposes of assessment developed by Ed Roeber.