ASCD ebook Fast and Effective Assessment

Refine their classroom questioning techniques to continually check students' progress and provide instant feedback;
Encourage students to internalize learning goals so they better understand what is expected of them;
Use fast, formative assessment strategies to check and correct during class time;
Modify traditional summative-testing strategies to monitor student progress in a formative way;
Speed up the correction process via student self-proofing, representative sampling, and helpful technology tools; and
Engage students in becoming actively involved in assessing their own work.