As assistant director for professional development at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA, Margaret Heritage has written a new book, “Formative Assessment in Practice: A Process of Inquiry and Action” (Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 2013), that will be released this month. It features innovations from the classrooms of UCLA Lab School, among other school sites.
The former principal of UCLA Lab School (previously known as the University Elementary School/UES) draws upon years of experience in classroom teaching, preparing teachers at the college level, and serving as a county inspector of schools in her native England helping teachers improve student assessment.
“My career has always straddled research and practice,” Heritage said. “I don’t think I could have done any of the jobs I’ve had in education without the classroom experience. Even today, I draw on it.”
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