current theory and practice in the field of language assessment and on an understanding of the assessment needs of classroom teachers. The following key questions are addressed:Why do I need to assess? What beneficial consequences do I want to help bring about?How can my assessments help my students learn better and help me improve my teaching?When and how often do I need to assess? What decisions do I need to make to help bring about these beneficial consequences?What do I need to assess? How can I define the abilities that I want to assess? How can I assess my students? What kinds of assessment tasks should I create? How can I score my students' responses to these tasks?The authors guide the reader step-by-step through the process of developing and using classroom-based assessments with clear explanations and definitions of key terms, illustrative examples, and activities for applying the approach in practice.

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