Guskey and Bailey provide district and school administrators with a practical guide to aligning assessment and reporting processes with standards-based education. The text is organized into the essential steps for transitioning to a standards-based report card. Coverage includes defining essential terms and purposes, developing reporting standards, crucial questions to address, and piloting and revising newly developed reporting forms and procedures for building a unified reporting system. The text includes numerous examples of standards-based report cards that can be adapted to a school's needs. Guskey (educational psychology, U. of Kentucky) is the author of numerous award-winning books and 200-plus articles and papers; Bailey (who passed away before completion of this book) was a curriculum and staff development coordinator for a public school district in Michigan. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)