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This book takes the reader step-by-step through the process of helping parents understand the role of performance-based assessment in student learning. Included are suggestions about what to emphasize during one-to-one meetings with parents, speeches and presentations you can deliver at PTSA meetings and school board sessions, transparency masters and handouts to enhance your presentations.
Like an increasing number of educators, you recognize that girls and boys approach reading and writing differently, and that boys are lagging behind girls in many assessments of literacy learning. This book does more than describe and explain these differences. It builds on the authors' state of the art research to offer instructional strategies and classroom activities to help both girls and boys develop as readers and writers. This book is for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 8 as well as for reading specialists, instructional leaders and other educators. It provides detailed descriptions of instructional activities, accompanied by reproducible tools and materials; illustrative examples of student work; concise summaries of state-of-the-art research; and ideas for action research projects. The strategies and activities in this book have all been classroom tested with diverse student populations.
This book provides a road map for school leaders as they engage in their single most important leadership skill: decision making. With practical examples, it demonstrates how to create a positive school culture, spur school improvement, and make decisions in the context of NCLB.
Developed by educators in Milwaukee's public schools and successfully used with over 15,000 students, this book will show you how to: - engage your students in high quality work - reveal information about your students which cannot be seen through standardized tests - help students become responsible for their own academic growth. The tasks and rubrics in this book will help you discover the strengths and learning needs of your students. With concrete, detailed examples from Kindergarten through 5th grade, this book demonstrates how to implement assessment portfolios in your classroom. Part I provides concrete details about how to organize, implement, and maintain assessment portfolios throughout the school year. In Part II are assessments in reading, writing, and math - featuring class tested scoring rubrics and samples of student work. Also included are learning projects, rich classroom activities requiring high quality intellectual work. Part III contains student handouts and scoring sheets, ready for you to distribute and use with the students in your class.
An updated guide to the core concepts of program evaluation This updated edition of Program Evaluation in Practice covers the core concepts of program evaluation and uses case studies to touch on real-world issues that arise when conducting an evaluation project. This important resource is filled with illustrative examples written in accessible terms and provides a wide variety of evaluation projects that can be used for discussion, analysis, and reflection. The book addresses foundations and theories of evaluation, tools and methods for collecting data, writing of reports, and the sharing of findings. The discussion questions and class activities at the end of each chapter are designed to h...
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This book features 68 performance tasks and rubrics, all designed to motivate and engage your students. Also included are samples of student work to help you apply the rubrics and develop your grading and scoring skills. The performance assessments in this book were contributed by teachers like you from all over the country and they include: - open-ended and extended response exercises - projects and portfolios - behavioral assessments (skits, debates, discussions, etc.) - authentic assessments - and student self-assessments, in addition to those administered by teachers.
The School Portfolio Toolkit is a book that includes over 300 tools, strategies, templates, and examples for use in building school portfolios and for planning, implementing, and evaluating continuous school improvement. The Toolkit was written to support school personnel with the mechanics of putting together a school portfolio, as well as to offer processes and strategies to move whole school staffs into and through continuous improvement. The tools in the Toolkit will help staffs create, implement, and maintain school portfolios and begin the journey of continuous improvement. Each chapter deals with one topic related to the school portfolio and comprehensive school improvement, with rela...