This unique guide offers a comprehensive approach to informed classroom assessment, including a discussion about interpreting results, a framework of lessons, and a practical solution for the familiar challenge of time restraints. The book addresses the three fundamental components of successful teaching and learning: asking questions, observing students, and planning well-thought-out lessons that use student abilities as their foundation and promote interaction with text. Rooted in the needs of real classrooms, the book will help teachers foster true engagement and enthusiasm, and give them the tools they need to make assessment the keystone for matching teaching to learning.