Do you ever feel overwhelmed about what needs to be taught and the timeframe you have to teach it? This course will help you focus your energy by helping you create and utilize engaging formative assessments aligned to proficiency scales and success criteria to guide your instruction. We will examine the work of Joe Feldman, Tom Schimmer, and others to examine the role of assessments in your gradebook. For each session, participants will meet and discuss the required reading and submit a written reflection. As a culminating project, participants will submit a progression of learning for a unit as well as a reflection of learning about developing it.