Anyone familiar with education knows the importance of outcomes. Outcomes are only genuinely believable when they are measured. This book is a clarion call to leverage assessments to become applicable in students’ lives. Information without application is fruitless, and application should be the result of effective assessments. Learning is transformed when we foster environments of meaningful assessment within school settings. I recommend this resource to anyone desiring to transform their classroom into an incubator of passionate learners.

Tim Elmore, Founder and CEO of Growing Leaders

This is a powerful book that ignites passion in teachers and learners. It creates a pathway to engaging students in relevant, focused innovation and critical and creative thinking. With this guidance in this digital age, every student could learn more, retain more, and create more through authentic assessment. Dr. Alaniz and Dr. Cerling have developed a guide to significantly enhance opportunities for educators and students to self-actualize.

Jerry Thacker, Superintendent of Schools, Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation

Assessment has been the change agent of the past few decades. It has rightly helped educators better align their teaching with desired outcomes for a more focused learning experience. Nevertheless, we are just beginning to appropriately apply assessments in our new digital world. Students are learning and creating differently as information and data are literally at their fingertips. I am grateful for the timeliness of this book as the authors strategically address this new challenge.

Barbara K. Bellefeuille, President, Bethel University