Resources

Websites

• The Association for Curriculum Development (ASCD) is an excellent resource for books, articles, overviews, and conferences related to Understanding by Design, Performance Based Assessment, and Differentiation

• Understanding by Design

• Performance Based Assessment

• Differentiation

• Carol Ann Tomlinson and University of Virginia site on Differentiated Instruction

• Jay McTighe and Associates Consulting

• McTighe’s Resource Page (Note, scroll down to the section labeled Downloads to find resources to support you with building Performance Based Assessments.)

Books

Note, check your school library. Many of these books are available at no cost to you.

• Assessment and Student Success in a Differentiated Classroom by Tomlinson and Moon

• Designing Authentic Performance Tasks and Projects by McTighe, Doubet, and Carbaugh

• The Differentiated Classroom by Tomlinson

• Essential Questions by McTighe and Wiggins

• How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms by Tomlinson

• Integrating Differentiated Instruction + Understanding by Design by Tomlinson and McTighe

• Understanding by Design by Wiggins and McTighe

• Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook by Wiggins and McTighe

Presentations