Mindful Assessment

The 6 Essential Fluencies of Innovative Learning

This practical guide leads educators to focus assessment on mindfulness and feedback for improvement, framing it around six fluencies students need to cultivate for success both in and beyond school.

Reimagining a Path to Learning

Lee Crockett and Andrew Churches present Mindful Assessment, a gentle pathway to embracing the idea of completely rethinking the relationship between teaching and learning. They show us why—and how—we must shift our mindset to assessing the crucial skills learners need to succeed in the ever-changing world of the present and future.

The authors assert that educators must focus assessment on mindfulness—a state of existing only in the present moment—and styling feedback for constant improvement, framing that assessment around six fluencies learners need to cultivate to achieve their highest purpose in learning.

The book provides practical scenarios, engaging lessons, challenging and rewarding activities, and detailed assessment rubrics that every educator can integrate into their practice with ease.

From the Book

“What is the most common feedback we provide to students? A number. Even if it doesn’t affect the overall grade, even if it is just a quiz, we provide a number. The problem with providing a number is that it does not identify strengths and weaknesses or provide feedback for learning and development.

“Students are living in a world where the only constant is change. It is a world of adaptation, continuous adjustments, and incremental improvements. It follows that the ways in which we teach and assess them should mirror this reality.”

—Mindful Assessment

Praise for Mindful Assessment

  • “The crucial new skills and mindsets that learners need to flourish in 21st century life are clearly explained in this book. Crockett and Churches not only describe fluencies and explain their importance but also provide examples of assessment rubrics which will enable teachers to implement these fluencies in the classroom. This book will inspire and challenge teachers.”

    Dr. Therese Keane, Senior Lecturer in Education, Swinburne University

  • “Crockett and Churches break down the four walls of the traditional schoolhouse and open up the world to teacher and student by creating global citizens. The project ideas contained throughout the book would make the cost worth it alone but add to that the comprehensive rubrics the authors include and the ways to create critical thinkers. They show step by step how to create life-long learners.”

    Todd Stanley, Gifted Services Coordinator, Pickerington Local Schools

  • “A very timely how-to book for educators looking for support in preparing students for the 21st century fluencies of solution, information, creativity, media, collaboration, and global digital citizenship. A must-read for educators changing their pedagogy to fit 21st century learning!”

    Dr. Guy G. Tétrault, Director of Education/CEO, Sun West School Division

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