Susan M. Brookhart

Susan M. Brookhart,
Susan M. Brookhart
Professor Emerita,
Duquesne University

Susan M. Brookhart is professor emerita at Duquesne University School of Education and an independent educational consultant and author. She has authored or co-authored 18 books and more than 70 articles and book chapters on classroom assessment, teacher professional development, and evaluation. She was named the 2014 Jason Millman Scholar by the Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness and is the recipient of the 2015 Samuel J. Messick Memorial Lecture Award from ETS/TOEFL. Brookhart’s interests include the role of both formative and summative classroom assessment in student motivation and achievement; the connection between classroom assessment and large-scale assessment; and grading. She provides professional development and consultation to schools, districts, regional educational service units, and universities. Brookhart received her PhD from Ohio State University.

updated 2020

Contributing topics
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
COVID-19 Recovery
Publications by Susan M. Brookhart
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What Grading and Assessment Practices Could Schools Use in the Year Ahead?
With the context of schooling so disrupted, many traditional methods of grading have been disrupted as well. For example, counting student participation or completion of practice work is difficult when students have unequal access to the internet…