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Book The Knowledge Gap

    Book Details:
  • Author : Natalie Wexler
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2020-08-04
  • ISBN : 0735213569
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book The Knowledge Gap written by Natalie Wexler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty. It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality education. The problem wasn't one of the usual scapegoats: lazy teachers, shoddy facilities, lack of accountability. It was something no one was talking about: the elementary school curriculum's intense focus on decontextualized reading comprehension "skills" at the expense of actual knowledge. In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system--one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware. But The Knowledge Gap isn't just a story of what schools have gotten so wrong--it also follows innovative educators who are in the process of shedding their deeply ingrained habits, and describes the rewards that have come along: students who are not only excited to learn but are also acquiring the knowledge and vocabulary that will enable them to succeed. If we truly want to fix our education system and unlock the potential of our neediest children, we have no choice but to pay attention.

Book The Case Against Standardized Testing

Download or read book The Case Against Standardized Testing written by Alfie Kohn and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kohn's central message is that standardized tests are "not a force of nature but a force of politics--and political decisions can be questioned, challenged, and ultimately reversed."

Book Knowing What Students Know

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Research Council
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2001-10-27
  • ISBN : 0309293227
  • Pages : 383 pages

Download or read book Knowing What Students Know written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-10-27 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education is a hot topic. From the stage of presidential debates to tonight's dinner table, it is an issue that most Americans are deeply concerned about. While there are many strategies for improving the educational process, we need a way to find out what works and what doesn't work as well. Educational assessment seeks to determine just how well students are learning and is an integral part of our quest for improved education. The nation is pinning greater expectations on educational assessment than ever before. We look to these assessment tools when documenting whether students and institutions are truly meeting education goals. But we must stop and ask a crucial question: What kind of assessment is most effective? At a time when traditional testing is subject to increasing criticism, research suggests that new, exciting approaches to assessment may be on the horizon. Advances in the sciences of how people learn and how to measure such learning offer the hope of developing new kinds of assessments-assessments that help students succeed in school by making as clear as possible the nature of their accomplishments and the progress of their learning. Knowing What Students Know essentially explains how expanding knowledge in the scientific fields of human learning and educational measurement can form the foundations of an improved approach to assessment. These advances suggest ways that the targets of assessment-what students know and how well they know it-as well as the methods used to make inferences about student learning can be made more valid and instructionally useful. Principles for designing and using these new kinds of assessments are presented, and examples are used to illustrate the principles. Implications for policy, practice, and research are also explored. With the promise of a productive research-based approach to assessment of student learning, Knowing What Students Know will be important to education administrators, assessment designers, teachers and teacher educators, and education advocates.

Book Assessment in Early Childhood Education

Download or read book Assessment in Early Childhood Education written by Sue C. Wortham and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Assessment courses in Early Childhood Education. One of the most accessible and practical textbooks available on assessing young children from infancy through age 8. It provides the full range of types of assessment and how, when, and why to use them. An excellent introduction to assessing young children, Assessment in Early Childhood Education continues with the inclusion of all types of assessments that can be used with infants and young children. Key changes and updates to this edition include: updated and streamlined figures, examples, and models of assessment that aid pre-service teachers to learn how to apply the principles of quality assessments; new activities at the end of the chapters provide opportunities for students to apply their own performance activities to demonstrate understanding of chapter contents; the effects of No Child Left Behind have been updated; newly revised information on children from diverse cultures and languages and children with disabilities has been added; and information on new and current trends toward accountability are discussed, as well as the impact of high-stakes testing.

Book Studies in the Nature of Character  General methods and results  by  Hugh Hartshorne and M  A  May  bk  2  Statistical methods and results  by  M  A  May and Hugh Hartshorne  Bibliography  p  245 248

Download or read book Studies in the Nature of Character General methods and results by Hugh Hartshorne and M A May bk 2 Statistical methods and results by M A May and Hugh Hartshorne Bibliography p 245 248 written by Columbia University. Teachers College and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New England Journal of Education

Download or read book New England Journal of Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Elementary School Journal

Download or read book The Elementary School Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chicago Schools Journal

Download or read book Chicago Schools Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of Education

Download or read book Journal of Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Illinois Schools Journal

Download or read book Illinois Schools Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Testing in American Schools

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:

Book Journal of Experimental Pedagogy and Training College Record

Download or read book Journal of Experimental Pedagogy and Training College Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Journal of the National Education Association

Download or read book The Journal of the National Education Association written by National Education Association of the United States and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Journal of Experimental Pedagogy and Training College Record

Download or read book The Journal of Experimental Pedagogy and Training College Record written by John Alfred Green and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of Educational Method

Download or read book Journal of Educational Method written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: