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Perspectives on Educational Quality

Illustrative Outcomes on Primary and Secondary Schooling in the Netherlands

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Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011

The quality of education is a term that is frequently used in public debates. Understood in the sense of education being “generally okay” , or rather, most frequently, as “not okay”. Perhaps there is an overruling nostalgic view that formerly education was better than today. In scholarly discourse...
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Improving Surveys with Paradata

Analytic Uses of Process Information

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Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013

Explore the practices and cutting-edge research on the new and exciting topic of paradata Paradata are measurements related to the process of collecting survey data. Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses of Process Information is the most accessible and comprehensive contribution...
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Learning Analytics

From Research to Practice

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Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2014

In education today, technology alone doesn't always lead to immediate success for students or institutions. In order to gauge the efficacy of educational technology, we need ways to measure the efficacy of educational practices in their own right. Through a better understanding of how learning takes...
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by Nancy W. Sindelar
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

Knowledge is power, and this book puts assessment data and instruction together in a step-by-step format. Instead of dreading the time testing takes from teaching, you can harness its power to define learning targets, build standards-based assessments; gather and use test data in the classroom, and...
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Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom

A Guide for Instructional Leaders

by Connie M. Moss, Susan M. Brookhart
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019

Formative assessment is one of the best ways to increase student learning and enhance teacher quality. But effective formative assessment is not part of most classrooms, largely because teachers misunderstand what it is and don't have the necessary skills to implement it. In the updated 2nd...
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On Formative Assessment

Readings from Educational Leadership (EL Essentials)

by Marge Scherer
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016

This collection of articles from Educational Leadership pulls together some of the best pieces on formative assessment and feedback that will help educators understand how to best use the data they have at their fingertips. The authors tell fellow educators about how to use formative assessment to...
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by Rick Stiggins
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017

It's time to move our assessment practices from the 1950s to the century we're living in. It's time to invest in our teachers and local school leaders instead of in more tests. It's time to help all students understand how to unleash their strengths and gain a sense of themselves as learners capable...
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Mindful Assessment

The 6 Essential Fluencies of Innovative Learning (Teaching 21st Century Skills to Modern Learners)

by Lee Watanabe Crockett, Andrew Churches
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016

It is time to rethink the relationship between teaching and learning and assess the crucial skills students need to succeed in the 21st century. The authors assert that educators must focus assessment on mindfulness and feedback for improvement, framing assessment around six fluencies students need...
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Softening the Edges

Assessment Practices That Honor K-12 Teachers and Learners (Using Responsible Assessment Methods in Ways That Support Student Engagement)

by Katie White
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017

With foreword by Cassandra Erkens The assessment process can be a rich experience for you and your students. With Softening the Edges, you'll discover how to design and deliver differentiated instruction and assessment to address learners' diverse intellectual and emotional needs. By creating...
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Mastering Formative Assessment Moves

7 High-Leverage Practices to Advance Student Learning

by Brent Duckor, Carrie Holmberg
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017

How do you know if students are with you at the beginning, middle, and end of a lesson? Can formative assessment offer a key to better teaching and learning during instruction? What if you could blend different formative assessment moves in your classroom, with intention and care for all students,...
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Formative Assessment in Practice

A Process of Inquiry and Action

by Margaret Heritage
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

Margaret Heritage presents a practical guide to formative assessment as a process of “inquiry and action” essential to twenty-first century learning. In the wake of the development of the Common Core standards and the effort to develop the appropriate assessments to accompany them, formative...
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by Barbara A. Miller Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016

The book provides a full complement of assessment technologies that enable leaders to measure and evaluate performance using qualitative and quantitative performance indicators and reference points in each of seven areas of organizational performance. While these technologies are not new, applying...
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Revolutionize Assessment

Empower Students, Inspire Learning

by Richard J. Stiggins
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014

Confront the emerging assessment crisis in American education Rick Stiggins details profound changes in the mission of our schools that requires a bold new vision of excellence in assessment. He combines decades of experience with international research to define a vision that uses assessment...
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Affirmative Classroom Management

How do I develop effective rules and consequences in my school? (ASCD Arias)

by Richard L. Curwin
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013

This publication offers clear and positive strategies that empower teachers and administrators to develop effective rules and consequences.
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