Susan M BrookhartSusan M. Brookhart, Ph.D., is an independent educational consultant and author based in Helena, Montana. Dr. Brookhart's interests include the role of both formative and summative classroom assessment in student motivation and achievement, the connecion between classroom assessment and large-scale assessment, and grading. She was the 2007-2009 editor of Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, a journal of the National Council on Measurement in Education. She is author or co-author of 16 books and more than 60 articles and book chapters on classroom assessment,teacher professional development, and evaluation. She serves on the editorial boards of several journals. Read More Read Less