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Making the Most of Interim Assessment Data. Lessons from Philadelphia

Author : Jolley Bruce Christman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Making the Most of Interim Assessment Data. Lessons from Philadelphia written by Jolley Bruce Christman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under No Child Left Behind, urban school districts have increasingly turned to interim assessments, administered at regular intervals, to help gauge student progress in advance of annual state exams. These assessments have spawned growing debate among educators, assessment experts, and the testing industry: are they worth the significant investment of money and time? In Making the Most of Interim Assessment Data: Lessons from Philadelphia, Research for Action (RFA) weighs in on this issue. The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) was an early adopter of interim assessments, implementing the exams in 2003. Unlike teachers in some other regions, Philadelphia elementary and middle grades teachers rated these 'Benchmark' assessments highly. However, the study found that enthusiasm did not necessarily correlate with higher rates of student achievement. What did predict student success were three factors--instructional leadership, collective responsibility, and use of the SDP's Core Curriculum. The report underscores the value of investment in ongoing data interpretation that emphasizes teachers' learning within formal instructional communities, such as grade groups of teachers. This research was funded by the Spencer Foundation and the William Penn Foundation. Five appendices are included: (1) Phase One Qualitative Research--School Characteristics 2006-07 Data; (2) Benchmark Item Analysis Form; (3) List of Topics Covered in Interviews; (4) Technical Details on Data and Methods; and (5) Technical Detail on Scales Used in Chapter 3. (Contains 8 figures and 56 footnotes.) [The Consortium for Chicago School Research provided technical assistance for the statistical analyses.].

Best Practices for State Assessment Systems, Part I

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309153816
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Best Practices for State Assessment Systems, Part I by : National Research Council

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 2010-08-28 with total page 94 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.

Informing the Practice of Teaching Using Formative and Interim Assessment

Author : Robert W. Lissitz
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623961130
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Book Synopsis Informing the Practice of Teaching Using Formative and Interim Assessment by : Robert W. Lissitz

Download or read book Informing the Practice of Teaching Using Formative and Interim Assessment written by Robert W. Lissitz and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on interim and formative assessments as distinguished from the more usual interest in summative assessment. I was particularly interested in seeing what the experts have to say about a full system of assessment. This book has particular interest in what information a teacher, a school or even a state could collect that monitors the progress of a student as he or she learns. The authors were asked to think about assessing the effects of teaching and learning throughout the student’s participation in the curriculum. This book is the product of a conference by the Maryland Assessment Research Center for Education Success (MARCES) with funding from the Maryland State Department of Education.

SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment

Author : James H. McMillan
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412995876
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment by : James H. McMillan

Download or read book SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment written by James H. McMillan and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sage Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment provides scholars, professors, graduate students, and other researchers and policy makers in the organizations, agencies, testing companies, and school districts with a comprehensive source of research on all aspects of K-12 classroom assessment. The handbook emphasizes theory, conceptual frameworks, and all varieties of research (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods) to provide an in-depth understanding of the knowledge base in each area of classroom assessment and how to conduct inquiry in the area. It presents classroom assessment research to convey, in depth, the state of knowledge and understanding that is represented by the research, with particular emphasis on how classroom assessment practices affect student achieventment and teacher behavior. Editor James H. McMillan and five Associate Editors bring the best thinking and analysis from leading classroom assessment researchers on the nature of the research, making significant contributions to this prominent and hotly debated topic in education.

Using Data in Schools to Inform Leadership and Decision Making

Author : Alex J. Bowers
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623967880
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Book Synopsis Using Data in Schools to Inform Leadership and Decision Making by : Alex J. Bowers

Download or read book Using Data in Schools to Inform Leadership and Decision Making written by Alex J. Bowers and published by IAP. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our fifth book in the International Research on School Leadership series focuses on the use of data in schools and districts as useful information for leadership and decision making. Schools are awash in data and information, from test scores, to grades, to discipline reports, and attendance as just a short list of student information sources, while additional streams of data feed into schools and districts from teachers and parents as well as local, regional and national policy levels. To deal with the data, schools have implemented a variety of data practices, from data rooms, to data days, data walks, and data protocols. However, despite the flood of data, successful school leaders are leveraging an analysis of their school’s data as a means to bring about continuous improvement in an effort to improve instruction for all students. Nevertheless, some drown, some swim, while others find success. Our goal in this book volume is to bring together a set of chapters by authors who examine successful data use as it relates to leadership and school improvement. In particular, the chapters in this volume consider important issues in this domain, including: • How educational leaders use data to inform their practice. • What types of data and data analysis are most useful to successful school leaders. • To what extent are data driven and data informed practices helping school leaders positively change instructional practice? • In what ways does good data collection and analysis feed into successful continuous improvement and holistic systems thinking? • How have school leadership practices changed as more data and data analysis techniques have become available? • What are the major obstacles facing school leaders when using data for decision making and how do they overcome them?

State Assessment Systems

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309161762
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis State Assessment Systems by : National Research Council

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.

New Assessments, Better Instruction?

Author : Susannah Faxon-Mills
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833081888
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis New Assessments, Better Instruction? by : Susannah Faxon-Mills

Download or read book New Assessments, Better Instruction? written by Susannah Faxon-Mills and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report reviews the literature on how assessment affects teaching practice and the conditions that moderate that relationship. The authors identify a wide variety of effects that testing might have on teachers' activities in the classroom and a number of conditions that affect the impact that assessment may have on practice.

Learning by Doing

Author : Richard DuFour
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 1935249894
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis Learning by Doing by : Richard DuFour

Download or read book Learning by Doing written by Richard DuFour and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the first edition, the second edition of Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work helps educators close the knowing-doing gap as they transform their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs).

Leadership

Author : Autumn Cyprès
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1681237148
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (812 download)

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Book Synopsis Leadership by : Autumn Cyprès

Download or read book Leadership written by Autumn Cyprès and published by IAP. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to examine the tensions, gaps, and intersections between the practices of leadership in educational systems, school leadership preparation programs, and the often different worlds of academia and k12 schools. Voices from both academia and k12 schools are used to illustrate the tensions that cluster around capacity, politics, and the everyday practice of inspiring, engaging, and preparing school leaders. Advance Praise for Leadership: Learning, Teaching, and Practice This is a book about experience. This is a book that draws from the knowledge—both personal and professional-- that professors and practitioners shared on their journeys through academia and the day-to-day of K-12 administration. The book is framed around the trinity of teaching, learning, and practice. It is a book that “examines the tensions, gaps, and intersections between the practices of leadership within educational systems and school leadership preparation programs.” The reader will be challenged to consider one’s own approach to leadership in education by examining each author’s perspective on leading for learning in America’s schools. ~ Professor James E. Berry, Executive Director, National Council of Professors of Educational Administration This book provides a great balance of scholarly work focused on leadership and shaped by the actual experiences of practicing administrators. It is absolutely outstanding literature for leaders. The book provides concepts and experiences that will help veteran administrators and will serve as a great resource for instructors in leadership development programs. It strikes at the heart of teaching and learning and will ultimately have a positive influence on children. ~ Lyle E. Evans, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Administrative Services, Chesterfield County Public Schools, Commonwealth of Virginia The challenges faced by school leaders today are daunting. In Leadership: Learning, Teaching and Practice, experts from across the nation bridge the gap between theory and practice. This book explores those tensions, calling us to examine our ideal view of school leadership and compare it to the reality of the current school systems in which we work. It furthers this discourse by examining the role leadership preparation programs play in preparing school administrators with the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective while retaining their humanity. An easy read that will transform how leaders think about leadership! Jessica Kemler, Principal, Babylon Elementary School Long Island, New York

Mapping Leadership

Author : Richard Halverson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118711572
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Leadership written by Richard Halverson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on twenty years of research in school effectiveness, this book presents a distributed model of task-based school leadership that leads to continuous school improvement. The book outlines the tasks school leadership teams must focus on to improve teaching and learning, grouped into the following five domains: Focus on Learning Monitoring Teaching and Learning Building Nested Learning Communities Acquiring and Allocating Resources Maintaining a Safe and Effective Learning Environment Recognizing that the principal is a single actor in a complex web of activity influencing student learning, the focus is not only on the principal’s role but on a range of leadership and instructional practices to be shared across the leadership team (including APs, counselors, teachers, and support personnel). These tasks, organized into 21 subdomains, have been demonstrated through extensive research to contribute to improved student learning.

Student-Centered Coaching

Author : Diane Sweeney
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1412980437
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Student-Centered Coaching written by Diane Sweeney and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical resource is grounded in a simple but powerful premise: that school-based coaching programs can be designed in a way that more directly impacts student achievement. In a student-centered coaching relationship, the focus is on using data and student work to drive conversations between coaches and teachers to make informed decisions about instruction. In other words, coaches and teachers work collaboratively to support students. The book also underscores the critical role of the principal in developing systems and structures to support teacher learning and fostering a culture of learning. The book is suitable for use with both new and experienced coaches and the principals who support them.

The Emerald Handbook of Evidence-Informed Practice in Education

Author : Chris Brown
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800431430
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Emerald Handbook of Evidence-Informed Practice in Education written by Chris Brown and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generating understanding into how to more routinely foster evidence-informed teaching practice globally, this ground-breaking handbook is vital reading for educational researchers, and especially those working close to practice, in all settings.

Data Leadership for K-12 Schools in a Time of Accountability

Author : Mense, Evan G.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522531890
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Data Leadership for K-12 Schools in a Time of Accountability written by Mense, Evan G. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monitoring of data within educational institutions is essential to ensure the success of its students and faculty. By continually analyzing data, educational leaders can increase quality and productivity in their institutions. Data Leadership for K-12 Schools in a Time of Accountability explores techniques and processes of educational data analysis and its application in developing solutions and systems for instructional concerns and next-generation learning. Providing extensive research covering areas such as data-driven culture, student accountability, and data dissemination, this unique reference is essential for principals, administrators, practitioners, academicians, students, and educational consultants looking to maximize their institution’s performance.

Cases of Teachers' Data Use

Author : Nicole Barnes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351676911
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Cases of Teachers' Data Use written by Nicole Barnes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cases of Teachers’ Data Use addresses applications of student data beyond theoretical, school-, and district-level examinations by presenting case studies of teachers’ data use in practice. Within the context of data-driven education reform policies, the authors examine the effective and ineffective ways that teachers make use of student data in instruction, evaluation, and planning. Promising practices, based on the empirical research presented, offer strategies and routines for sound data use that can be applied in schools. Chapters written by scholars from diverse methodological perspectives offer readers multiple lenses to use in considering issues of data use such that current theoretical assumptions may be challenged and the field advanced. This uniquely focused yet comprehensive work is an indispensable resource for researchers and students interested in classroom assessment and for professionals looking to support teachers’ use of student performance data for adaptive instruction.

Handbook of Research on Teaching

Author : Drew Gitomer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0935302484
Total Pages : 1553 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Teaching written by Drew Gitomer and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 1553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fifth Edition of the Handbook of Research on Teachingis an essential resource for students and scholars dedicated to the study of teaching and learning. This volume offers a vast array of topics ranging from the history of teaching to technological and literacy issues. In each authoritative chapter, the authors summarize the state of the field while providing conceptual overviews of critical topics related to research on teaching. Each of the volume's 23 chapters is a canonical piece that will serve as a reference tool for the field. The Handbook provides readers with an unaparalleled view of the current state of research on teaching across its multiple facets and related fields.

The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education

Author : Christopher P. Brown
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119148065
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education written by Christopher P. Brown and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential resource to the issues surrounding childhood care and education with contributions from noted experts The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education is a comprehensive resource that offers a review of the historical aspects, best practices, and the future directions of the field. With contributions from noted experts in the field, the book contains 30 interdisciplinary essays that explore in-depth the central issues of early childhood care and education. The handbook presents a benchmark reference to the basic knowledge, effective approaches to use with young children, curriculum design, professional development, current policies, and other critical information. The expert contributors address the myriad complex policy and practice issues that are most relevant today. The essays provide insight into topics such as child development and diversity, the sociocultural process of child development, the importance of the home environment in the lives of young children, early childhood special education, teaching and learning literacy, and much more. This important resource: Presents a comprehensive synopsis of the major components of the field of early childhood care and education Contains contributions from leading scholars, researchers, and experts in the field Offers the foundational knowledge and practices for working with young children Puts the focus on how early childhood works and presents an understanding of culture as a foundational component of both child development and early childhood education Written for academic scholars, researchers, advocates, policymakers, and students of early childhood care and education, The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education is a comprehensive resource to the major issues for dealing with childhood care and education with contributions from noted scholars in the field.

Driven by Data

Author : Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470548746
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Driven by Data written by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a practical guide for improving schools dramatically that will enable all students from all backgrounds to achieve at high levels. Includes assessment forms, an index, and a DVD.