Designed as a professional development resource for K-12 library media and technology specialists, this practical guide shows how to teach students to improve essential skills in a way that augments standards-driven curriculum. Mueller (psychology, North Central College, Illinois) gives strategies, guidelines and examples media specialists can use to help students interact with others, makes sense of the world, achieve personal growth and development, solve problems, and move beyond fundamental reading, writing and arithmetic. He ascribes critical skills students need in school and later in work, the role of assessment in developing clinical skills and how it relates to performance, the characteristics of authentic assessment, methods of assessment, skill development assessment, and assessment of the ability to monitor progress and performance, information literacy, and collaborative skills. Mueller closes with advice on assessing skills at the school and district levels and on starting small so assessments are meaningful and manageable. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)