Teacher-led Learning Circles: Developing Teacher Leadership and Teaching Practice for the Use of Formative Assessment to Improve Students' Learning

This report situates the Teacher-led Learning Circles project in relevant research evidence and examples from practice to support teacher leadership and professional development for teachers’ understanding and use of formative assessment practices to improve student learning and related student outcomes. More concretely, it discusses:

a. the importance of the teaching profession, teacher quality, teaching quality, and teacher leadership;

b. effective professional development to support professional learning and student learning; and

c. definitions, strategies, and practices for understanding and use of formative assessment and feedback.