Download or read book Washington 8th Grade WASL Review Student written by National Training Network, Incorporated and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Washington 8th Grade WASL Review Teacher written by National Training Network, Incorporated and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 8th Grade Washington WASL Test Prep written by Mark Shannon and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This test prep is good for kids who are on the fence and having trouble passing, or need to increase their margin. These kids will often say "I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START" when explaining their confusion.This book address that problem with three approaches.1) In contrast with the other study guides that use random questions in their practice exams; this book collated the questions into chapters based on the logic to solve them. The 8th grade book is divided into nine chapters. They are Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Fractions, Reading Graphs and tables, Measurements including a ruler, basic statistics, order of operations, and Algebra.This book teaches basics then goes into practice exams with word problems. Once the student is proficient with the questions organized into chapters then they are ready for random questions.2) This study guide has thousands of practice problems. I have placed over 3100 videos on YouTube showing you how to work the problems3) I reviewed several years of past exams and placed enfaces on the easiest and most common questions. Mastering these questions should yield a 75% to 80%. If a student is already achieving this percentage; the other guides or web site with random questions and covering all material might be best.A book might be better for your student than the web sites for two reasons. 1) The more common and easiest questions are using a ruler to measure. The web designers don't know the size of your computer screen and can't determine if the student has measured correctly. We can get a high percentage of these problems easily.2) When studying on a computer there are too many websites with the answers. With a book; parents can have greater assurance the work is being done. This book is developed by a trained professional out of concern. It is not the product of a large publishing house. It is the results of one person who wants to help.Best RegardsMark Shannon
Download or read book Beyond the Bubble Test written by Linda Darling-Hammond and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance assessment is a hot topic in school systems, and educators continue to analyze its costs, benefits, and feasibility as a replacement for high-stakes testing. Until now, researchers and policymakers have had to dig to find out what we know and what we still have to learn about performance assessment. Beyond the Bubble Test: How Performance Assessments Support 21st Century Learning synthesizes the latest findings in the field, and not a moment too soon. Statistics indicate that the United States is in danger of falling behind if it fails to adapt to our changing world. The memory and recall strategies of traditional testing are no longer adequate to equip our students with the skills they need to excel in the global economy. Instead teachers need to engage students in deeper learning, assessing their ability to use higher-order skills. Skills like synthesizing information, understanding evidence, and critical problem-solving are not achieved when we teach to multiple-choice exams. Examples in Beyond the Bubble Test paint a useful picture of how schools can begin to supplement traditional tests with something that works better. This book provides new perspectives on current performance assessment research, plus an incisive look at what’s possible at the local and state levels. Linda Darling-Hammond, with a team of leading scholars, bring together lessons learned, new directions, and solid recommendations into a single, readily accessible compendium. Beyond the Bubble Test situates the current debate on performance assessment within the context of testing in the United States. This comprehensive resource also looks beyond our U.S. borders to Singapore, Hong Kong, and other places whose reform-mindedness can serve as an example to us.
Download or read book The Essentials of Social Studies Grades K 8 written by Kathy Checkley and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2008 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on firsthand accounts from expert educators, this book offers innovative teaching and assessment strategies that K-8 social studies teachers can use to prepare students to actively engage in a democratic and global society.
Download or read book The School Reform Landscape written by Christopher Tienken and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The School Reform Landscape: Fear, Mythologies, and Lies, the authors take an in-depth and controversial look at school reform since the launch of Sputnik. They scrutinize school reform events, proposals, and policies from the last 60 years through the lens of critical social theory and examine the ongoing tensions between the need to keep a vibrant unitary system of public education and the ongoing assault by corporate and elite interests in creating a dual system. Some of events, proposals, and policies critiqued include the Sputnik myth, A Nation At Risk, No Child Left Behind, the lies of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, and other common reform schemes. The authors provide an evidence-based contrarian view of the free-market reform ideas and pierce the veil of the new reform policies to find that they are built not upon empirical evidence, but instead rest solidly on foundations of myth, fear, and lies. Ideas for a new set of reform policies, based on empirical evidence and supportive of a unitary, democratic system of education are presented.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The School Reform Landscape Reloaded written by Christopher H. Tienken and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The School Reform Landscape Reloaded: More Fear, Myths, and Lies peels back the curtain of school reform to examine the tensions that exist between the democratic and equitable system of public education and the emerging dual system based on elite interests aimed at profit-making and decreasing education equity. The author takes in-depth and controversial look at school reform since the launch of Sputnik I. Education reform events, proposals, and policies are examined through the lens of progressivist philosophy and critical social theory. Some of the issues and policies critiqued include the neoliberal corporate influence on education, the Sputnik myth, A Nation At Risk, standardization, charter schools, and other relevant topics. The author provides an evidence-based view of the free-market reform ideas and he pierces the veil of the new reform policies to find that they are not built upon empirical evidence, but instead rest solidly on foundations of myth, fear, and lies. Ideas for a new set of reform policies, based on empirical evidence and supportive of a unitary, equitable, and democratic system of education are presented.
Download or read book State Assessment Systems written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-01-02 with total page 156 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, and have used the results for many purposes. They have tried minimum competency testing; portfolios; multiple-choice items, brief and extended constructed-response items; and more. They have contended with concerns about student privacy, test content, and equity-and they have responded to calls for tests to answer many kinds of questions about public education and literacy, international comparisons, accountability, and even property values. 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. States are now considering whether to adopt the "common core" academic standards, and are also competing for federal dollars from the Department of Education's Race to the Top initiative. Both of these activities are intended to help make educational standards clearer and more concise and to set higher standards for students. As standards come under new scrutiny, so, too, do the assessments that measure their results. This book summarizes two workshops convened to collect information and perspectives on assessment in order to help state officials and others as they review current assessment practices and consider improvements.
Download or read book School Psychology Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridging the Opportunity Gap written by Seattle Pacific University, Washington School Research Center (WSRC). and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4th and 7th grade Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) scores for the past several years have indicated that the percentage of students meeting the new higher standards is not satisfactory, although improvement is being shown every year. There are indications, however, that while some elementary and middle/junior high schools are showing marked improvements, many others are struggling to adapt to the new expectations and to make the necessary changes. In this study the researchers examine the practices of the schools whose students have been extraordinarily successful at meeting Washington's learning standards. Their purpose is to add to the growing body of research in this state that is identifying meaningful changes in the schools that lead to higher achievement for Washington students. They examined three years of data (1999, 2000, 2001) in order to identify elementary schools that demonstrated either a consistently high composite passing rate on the 4th grade WASL, or a strong positive trajectory of passing rates with the latest year (2001) in the top group of schools. This approach yielded a pool of 22 schools that varied by F/R, building enrollment, and the two different longitudinal score patterns (i.e., either consistently high or strong positive trajectory). Research team members from the WSRC, OSPI, and principal and teacher practitioners from the State of Washington met to review the 22 schools. The result of this process was a final list of 16 study schools: (1) Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Vancouver School District; (2) Coe Elementary, Seattle School District; (3) Farwell Elementary, Mead School District; (4) Happy Valley Elementary, Bellingham School District; (5) Hofstetter Elementary, Colville School District; (6) Larrabee Elementary, Bellingham School District; (7) Lewis & Clark Elementary, Richland School District; (8) Lidgerwood Elementary, Spokane School District; (9) Lind Elementary, Lind School District; (10) Logan Elementary, Spokane School District; (11) Lynndale Elementary, Edmonds School District; (12) Ness Elementary, West Valley School District; (13) Seth Woodard Elementary, West Valley School District; (14) Sumas Elementary, Nooksack Valley School District; (15) Whitney Elementary, Yakima School District; and (16) Winlock Miller Elementary, Winlock School District. The explanations given by the school educators were similar across schools and districts. The researchers identified four "primary factors" that appear to have led to the necessary changes in the school to enhance student achievement. First, the "school and professional environment" is one in which adults put the well being of others, both adults and students, as the foremost concern. These schools are places where the adults care about each other, like where they work, and work hard together for the sake of the students. Second, there is "strong leadership" at these schools that has articulated a vision and set clear goals for the adults in the school. Whether by direct means or by more indirect approaches, such as the delegation of responsibilities, the leadership in the school has been strong and appreciated. Third, the curriculum and instruction in the schools is "focused and intentional", addressing the state's essential learnings. Teachers in these schools believe that their students, regardless of background, can learn what is required. With all adults working collaboratively with a common focus the results have been affirmative. Fourth, "assessment results inform instruction". WASL and other assessment results are seen as important sources of information for identifying strengths and weaknesses of students individually and of the school as a whole. Such information is used to provide necessary instruction and to guide the professional development of the teachers. In addition, the researchers also identified a second group of factors that were present in some, but not all, of the schools. While the educators in the schools identified the factors as important to their success, they noticed that many times they were factors that "enabled" or aided the adults at the school in developing the four "primary" factors. These "secondary" factors included small school size, district support, lack of student and staff mobility, parental and community involvement, and professional development. These factors may be helpful, but apparently are not mandatory. Finally, they tried to look "deeper" at the educators at these schools to identify any unspoken but implied characteristics that appeared to be present in all locales. They concluded that these schools shared one general trait that was at the foundation of their success. Succinctly stated: "A fundamental characteristic of all of these schools is that the majority of the educators are "on board" with the state reform efforts. The educators have all agreed, either because of philosophical belief, acceptance, or acquiescence, to move the school in a certain direction. A logical necessity of this trait is the personal willingness of each teacher to give up long-held beliefs and practices at the school and in the classroom." Appended are: (1) Letter to Principals; (2) Principals' Questionnaire; and (3) Interview Protocols. (Contains 2 footnotes.) [For related report, "Continuing to Bridge the Opportunity Gap: Taking a Closer Look at 10 High Performing Elementary Schools in Washington State. Research Report # 7," see ED529419.
Download or read book State Education Journal Index and Educators Guide to Periodicals Research Strategies written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An index of state education journals.
Download or read book Promoting Your School written by Carolyn Warner and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2000-06-21 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated Edition of Best Seller!Foreword by Michael Pladus, 1999 National Principal of the YearNationally respected educator, lecturer, and author, Carolyn Warner, shares the latest field-tested communication strategies to help promote your school, increase public confidence, and improve internal communications. This book includes forms, handouts, and checklists from National Principals of the Year for principals and administrators to emulate and reproduce.This new second edition includes: The communication process and dealing with perceptions A step-by-step guide to developing a marketing plan Involving parents in the school and understanding the changing demographics New techniques for improving staff and student communication Building media relations for the novice Creating a school crisis team
Download or read book Validity and Validation written by Catherine S. Taylor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Validity and Validation is an introduction to validity theory and to the methods used to obtain evidence for the validity of research and assessment results. The book briefly describes the philosophy of science roots of validity theory and how these philosophical perspectives influence concepts of internal and external validity in research methodology.
Download or read book Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State Education Journal Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Assessment Policy and Practice in Music Education written by Timothy Brophy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the music classroom, instructors who hope to receive aid are required to provide data on their classroom programs. Due to the lack of reliable, valid large-scale assessments of student achievement in music, however, music educators in schools that accept funds face a considerable challenge in finding a way to measure student learning in their classrooms. From Australia to Taiwan to the Netherlands, music teachers experience similar struggles in the quest for a definitive assessment resource that can be used by both music educators and researchers. In this two-volume Handbook, contributors from across the globe come together to provide an authority on the assessment, measurement, and evaluation of student learning in music. The Handbook's first volume emphasizes international and theoretical perspectives on music education assessment in the major world regions. This volume also looks at technical aspects of measurement in music, and outlines situations where theoretical foundations can be applied to the development of tests in music. The Handbook's second volume offers a series of practical and US-focused approaches to music education assessment. Chapters address assessment in different types of US classrooms; how to assess specific skills or requirements; and how assessment can be used in tertiary and music teacher education classrooms. Together, both volumes of The Oxford Handbook of Assessment in Music Education pave the way forward for music educators and researchers in the field.
