The Power of Assessment in the Classroom

Carla E. Förster is professor at the Universidad de Talca, where she directs the Department of evaluation and quality of teaching. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on assessment of and for learning and participated in various teacher update courses. She investigates in assessment practices of teachers and in cognitive stimulation strategies at early ages. She has participated in commissions about teacher evaluation and initial teacher training.

1 Assessment literacy of teachers; Carla E. Förster.- 2 Learning and assessment: what is not evaluated, is not learned; Carla E. Förster and Cristian A. Rojas-Barahona.- 3 Planning teaching and assessment in an integrated way; Sandra Zepeda Aguirre and Carla E. Förster.- 4 The end justifies the means: Assessment' finalities; Sandra Zepeda Aguirre.- 5 Effective feedback and its potential to improve learning; Sandra Zepeda Aguirre.- 6 Students as evaluation agents; Carla E. Förster.- 7 Instruments for the assessment of learning, with what to evaluate?; Carla E. Förster, Sandra Zepeda Aguirre and Claudio Núñez Vega.- 8 The assessment with graphic organizers: how and when to use them; Paola Marchant-Araya.- 9 Quality criteria for the construction of evaluation instruments; Carla E. Förster and Cristian A. Rojas-Barahona.- 10 A case analysis methodology to guide decision-making in the school context; Paola Marchant-Araya and Carla E. Förster.