Download or read book A profile of policies and practices for limited English proficient students screening methods program support and teacher training SASS 1993 94 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to U S Government Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A directory of U.S. government statistics publications by issuing agency. Entries include GPO stock number, LC and Dewey classification, OCLC and ISSN numbers, and sometimes a description. Includes geographic index.
Download or read book Testing Teaching and Learning written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-06 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State education departments and school districts face an important challenge in implementing a new law that requires disadvantaged students to be held to the same standards as other students. The new requirements come from provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of Title I, the largest federal effort in precollegiate education, which provides aid to "level the field" for disadvantaged students. Testing, Teaching, and Learning is written to help states and school districts comply with the new law, offering guidance for designing and implementing assessment and accountability systems. This book examines standards-based education reform and reviews the research on student assessment, focusing on the needs of disadvantaged students covered by Title I. With examples of states and districts that have track records in new systems, the committee develops a practical "decision framework" for education officials. The book explores how best to design assessment and accountability systems that support high levels of student learning and to work toward continuous improvement. Testing, Teaching, and Learning will be an important tool for all involved in educating disadvantaged studentsâ€"state and local administrators and classroom teachers.
Download or read book Best Practices for State Assessment Systems Part I written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years. During the twentieth century, technical advances, such as machines for automatic scoring and computer-based scoring and reporting, have supported states in a growing reliance on standardized tests for statewide accountability. State assessment data have been cited as evidence for claims about many achievements of public education, and the tests have also been blamed for significant failings. As standards come under new scrutiny, so, too, do the assessments that measure their results. The goal for this workshop, the first of two, was to collect information and perspectives on assessment that could be of use to state officials and others as they review current assessment practices and consider improvements.
Download or read book The Pedagogy of Standardized Testing written by Arlo Kempf and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a large-scale international study of teachers in Los Angeles, Chicago, Ontario, and New York, this book illustrates the ways increased use of high-stakes standardized testing is fundamentally changing education in the US and Canada with a negative overall impact on the way teachers teach and students learn. Standardized testing makes understanding students' strengths and weaknesses more difficult, and class time spent on testing consumes scarce time and attention needed to support the success of all students—further disadvantaging ELLs, students with exceptionalities, low income, and racially minoritized students.
Download or read book Educational Standards Assessment and Accountability written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Testing in American Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Standard Setting written by Gregory J. Cizek and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2007 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Download or read book Standards of Practice for Teachers written by Sue A. Walker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At this book’s core is the fundamental belief that teacher quality is the single most important factor in student learning. It shows you how to improve your students’ academic achievement by focusing on what teachers know and are able to do. This brief handbook serves as a practical tool which provides professional growth benchmarks for aspiring and practicing teachers; a framework to use when hiring new teachers; common language for dialogues on learning and for teacher evaluation; and a clearer focus on professional development. Six Standards of Practice is presented in simple, practical, classroom-oriented terms. Also displayed are rubrics which reveal and distinguish “emerging”, “developing”, “proficient”, and “advanced” practices.
Download or read book Contradictions of School Reform written by Linda McNeil and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000-04-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative look into the reality for students and teachers of standardized testing. Teaching methods and strategies are analyzed to find out how this change in practice influences both how and what children learn.
Download or read book What s Happening in Teacher Testing written by Lawrence M. Rudner and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Every Parent Should Know About Schools Standards and High Stakes Tests written by Donna Walker Tileston and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help parents understand educational standards, mandated tests, No Child Left Behind, and other issues affecting their children's schools with this reader-friendly guide.
Download or read book Handbook of Accessible Achievement Tests for All Students written by Stephen N. Elliott and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Accessible Achievement Tests for All Students: Bridging the Gaps Between Research, Practice, and Policy presents a wealth of evidence-based solutions designed to move the assessment field beyond “universal” standards and policies toward practices that enhance learning and testing outcomes. Drawing on an extensive research and theoretical base as well as emerging areas of interest, the volume focuses on major policy concerns, instructional considerations, and test design issues, including: The IEP team’s role in sound assessment. The relationships among opportunity to learn, assessment, and learning outcomes. Innovations in computerized testing and the “6D” framework for standard setting. Legal issues in the assessment of special populations. Guidelines for linguistically accessible assessments. Evidence-based methods for making item modifications that increase the validity of inferences from test scores. Strategies for writing clearer test items. Methods for including student input in assessment design. Suggestions for better measurement and tests that are more inclusive. This Handbook is an essential reference for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in education and allied disciplines, including child and school psychology, social work, special education, learning and measurement, and education policy.
Download or read book What is the Appropriate Role of Testing in the Teaching Profession written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five papers given at a conference on the role of testing in the teaching profession are presented. The conference partners included the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Educational Testing Service, Center for Fair and Open Testing, and National Education Association. The following issues are discussed: appropriate uses of testing within the teaching profession; who should control of the content, construction, and use of teacher tests; translation of public demands for teacher accountability into appropriate and equitable testing policies and procedures; and steps for preventing the misuse of teacher tests. The papers include: (1) "The NEA Perspective on the Role of Testing in the Profession" (Sharon P. Robinson); (2) "Teacher Testing in American Education: Useful But No Shortcut to Excellence" (Gregory R. Anrig); (3) "Testing Teachers: Strategies for Damage Control" (John G. Weiss); (4) "The Appropriate Role of Testing in the Teaching Profession" (Norene F. Daly); and (5) "Highlighting the Critical Issues" (Louis J. Rubin). Conference participants' observations and recommendations and panelists' reactions to the observations and recommendations are provided. Appropriate methods, times, and subjects for testing; the relation of testing to professional preparation and training; testing of minorities; and development and implementation of an agenda to implement testing policy are also discussed. The names and affiliations of the conference participants are listed. (TJH)
