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This title gives readers a clear understanding of the true state of public and private education systems in the USA by refuting falsehoods, misunderstandings, and exaggerations and confirming the validity of other assertions.

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Effective assessment is central to the functioning of all schools and this resource from David Spendlove offers guidance for driving student attainment and progress through the Assessment for Learning initiative.

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This book begins to recognize and represent the impact of Black feminist and womanist theory in curriculum theorizing. This collection includes a vibrant group of women of color who do curriculum work to reflect on a Black feminist/womanist scholar, text, and/or concept and how it has influenced and enriched their work as scholar-activists.

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"Postscript by Ron Berler copyright 2014 by Ron Berler"--Title page verso.

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In Rebooting Social Studies: Strategies for Reimagining History Class, the goal is to provide students with the tools necessary to be active and productive citizens, through history teachers assisting them in developing problem solving skills for real life scenarios.

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In Rebooting Social Studies: Strategies for Reimagining History Class, the goal is to provide students with the tools necessary to be active and productive citizens, through history teachers assisting them in developing problem solving skills for real life scenarios.

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This text provides information necessary to interpret test scores in schools. It emphasises that test performance must be interpreted with respect to the limitations of the test itself and how the score corresponds with other information known about the individual test-taker.

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This activity-centred resource uses a variety of children's literature to integrate science across the elementary curriculum.

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With the vision that children can learn well and achieve excellence if provided with opportunity and challenge, Flack offers exciting ideas and strategies to identify and develop the unique talents found in each one.

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Offers a critical examination of learning and teaching theories together with debate on the sociological construct of the curriculum. This guide is suitable for undergraduate students on Education Studies courses and postgraduate trainee teachers looking to gain a deeper understanding of teaching and learning theories and curriculum development.

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Offers a critical examination of learning and teaching theories together with debate on the sociological construct of the curriculum. This guide is suitable for undergraduate students on Education Studies courses and postgraduate trainee teachers looking to gain a deeper understanding of teaching and learning theories and curriculum development.

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Despite the hundreds of programs in existence for training students in counseling, human service, social work, and psychology, teachers in such programs have relied on an informal network of information exchange to guide their teaching practice.

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There is too much testing in American Public Schools that is robbing teachers of valuable instructional time. Testing Too Much provides three models to use in cutting back on non-mandated testing by 25% to help school leaders and teachers find ways to improve their instruction and the educational experiences of their students.

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There is too much testing in American Public Schools that is robbing teachers of valuable instructional time. Testing Too Much provides three models to use in cutting back on non-mandated testing by 25% to help school leaders and teachers find ways to improve their instruction and the educational experiences of their students.

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This book represents one of the first extensive investigations of the effects of statewide testing policies on local school districts. They argue that the blame for this lack of progress lies not with educators' misuse of tests, nor necessarily with the tests themselves, but with policymaker's misuse of testing as a tool for reform.

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This volume addresses a central question in the acquisition of written language-the interrelated roles of response and revision- and begins to account both for the cognitive processes underlying learning to write and the social context of schooling.

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The result is a valuable chronicle of the development of the American school curriculum.

The work begins with an introductory piece that overviews the development of the curriculum and surveys the most important works on curriculum history.

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An authoritative reference on one of education's hottest topics, describing how the latest testing and assessment tools can be used to help improve student performance.

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