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Features lists ranging from using positive assessment to increase student's self-esteem, to explaining various forms of assessment.

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Citing developmental characteristics of each grade level, A Complete Guide to Rubrics presents examples and adaptations of assessment rubrics on a variety of subjects. It features examples of teacher-created rubrics, Internet resources, and additional chapters devoted to asses...

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This guide to evaluating teaching personnel is a great tool for busy supervisors who use the evaluation process as an opportunity to recognize teachers for their strengths and as an opportunity to identify ways to improve. The book contains information on all the recent develo...

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Assessing Deeper Learning explores how performance assessment advances deeper learningthe skills students need for 21st century success. The book examines different aspects of performance assessment and details how a large school district used performance tasks to assess their students critical-thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.

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Addressed to in-service and pre-service teachers and administrators, this book reorders educational priorities, emphasizing the relation of what is taught to what is tested, educationally sound and effective preparation for assessments, exploring alternatives to paper and penc...

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This book on assessing writing is designed for teachers, school leaders, and evaluators. It begins with a collection of assessment practices that will increase teachers' efficiency and effectiveness as they guide students in learning how to think and write successfully.

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This book presents a powerful call to action for an assessment system that advances equity and offers educators practical applications that promote sound instructional decision making.

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This book covers the reason why teachers should assess in an ongoing fashion. It also provides a clear structure for designing and analyzing meaningful formative assessments. In addition, it guides the teacher in the development of differentiated activities for every level of ...

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This book covers the reason why teachers should assess in an ongoing fashion. It also provides a clear structure for designing and analyzing meaningful formative assessments. In addition, it guides the teacher in the development of differentiated activities for every level of ...

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As part of the American school reform movement, administrators are searching for ways of measuring students' skills and progress within the system. The authors propose a new compact among teachers and students as they take mutual responsibility for the learning process and changing curriculum.

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As part of the American school reform movement, administrators are searching for ways of measuring students' skills and progress within the system. The authors propose a new compact among teachers and students as they take mutual responsibility for the learning process and changing curriculum.

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Assessment can be the hardest part of any teacher's job. It is easy to fall into the trap of seeing it all as unnecessary paperwork and feeling guilty about not having done it properly. This book offers practical advice on how teachers can get the most out of assessment for their students.

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Writing assessment programs help place entering and mid-career students in composition courses at the appropriate level, monitor the progress of those students, and assist in placing them in writing courses throughout their undergraduate careers.

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Writing assessment programs help place entering and mid-career students in composition courses at the appropriate level, monitor the progress of those students, and assist in placing them in writing courses throughout their undergraduate careers.

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This volume is a contribution to the debate on the reliance of the education system on standardized tests. It uses the methods of discourse analysis to examine not only material from reading tests but also children's responses to it. It also explores the role of culture in shaping children's understanding.

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The increasing reliance of our educational system on standardized tests has precipitated a national debate. This book makes a scholarly contribution to the debate by using the methods of discourse analysis to examine not only representative material from reading tests but also children's responses to it.

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Parents had questions about the tests their children took at school. They considered them to be common sense questions. They posed them to the businesspeople, publishers, and politicians who championed tests. They also posed them to the school administrators, teachers, and ...

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Parents had questions about the tests their children took at school. They considered them to be common sense questions. They posed them to the businesspeople, publishers, and politicians who championed tests. They also posed them to the school administrators, teachers, and ...

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While the idea of national standards has been widely supported, many respected educators doubt their value from fear that such standards will institutionalize the lowest common denominator. Others cite the poor performance of US students on international tests and insist that the US will suffer because of this poor performance. This book addresses these and other questions.

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This text explores the flaws in state mandated testing, advocating a more comprehensive approach to teaching and testing.

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The book is intended to serve as a valuable resource/strategy for assessing and evaluating learning during the pandemic but will continue to be of primary help to students and teachers after the pandemic reaches its end.

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Ginsberg argues that in the effort to reduce the achievement gap and mitigate the pejorative label of "at-risk," we are in danger of eliminating risk from education entirely. This is especially the case in urban schools with large numbers of poor and minority students. Ginsber...

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