ETS Assessment Training Institute (ATI) helps K-12 educators improve student achievement by integrating student-involved classroom assessment with day-to-day instruction. Twenty years of research prove the principles of assessment for learning increase student confidence as learners, desire to learn, and academic performance, especially with under-performing students. Using the ATI professional learning team model of professional development, teachers quickly learn to apply these techniques in working with students, setting clear goals linked to state standards, then continuously assessing progress toward those goals.

ATI Resources for Professional Development:

New! ATI Grading Package

An affordable professional development program for school-based learning teams featuring Rick Stiggins and Ken O'Connor. This new offering from ATI provides learning teams with what they need to understand and implement fair and accurate standards-based grading practices.

Read more and order here.

Download the study guide for A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades, here.

NEW! LEARNING TEAM FACILITATOR HANDBOOK and DVD

The new ATI Learning Team Facilitator Handbook is designed to help learning teams get started and keep them going without the need to rely on outside presenters. The DVD includes Rick Stiggins explaining the central ideas of the Classroom Assessment for Student Learning program and an updated, chapter-by-chapter introduction to the contents by Jan Chappuis.

Read more and review the table of contents, here.

	Chappuis, Stephen, & Chappuis, Jan. (2008). The best value in formative assessment. Educational Leadership, 65(4), 14-19.
	Stiggins, Rick, & Chappuis, Jan. (2008). Enhancing Student Learning. The District Administrator, January.
	Read this article by Rick Stiggins and James Popham on assessing students' affect related to assessment for learning, try the ideas in your classroom, then share your observations with us.