The role of formative assessment in supporting student learning has become increasingly understood as a central aspect of curriculum design.

In this new publication, Darryn Kruse, author of Thinking Tools for the Inquiry Classroom and Thinking Strategies for the Inquiry Classroom provides significant support for some of the key assessment practices that should be part of every teacher's repertoire with exciting ideas to stimulate teacher practice and address the need for variety in the classroom. It includes multimodal approaches, catering for learning difference and addressing higher order thinking. Each of the six chapters highlights a specific phase of the inquiry process and five key assessment processes.