"Assessment help for teachers on way," was the front-page headline of Education Week on May 8, 2002, as Ed Week announced the planned publication of this important volume, which has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This comprehensive framework was created by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (http:/jc.wmich.edu/) to guide educators in designing and assessing student appraisals that are fair, useful, feasible, and accurate. Carefully written to ensure their relevance at the classroom level, these Standards were developed with assistance from members of sixteen professional societies: - American Association of School Administrators - American Counseling Association - American Educational Research Association - American Evaluation Association - American Psychological Association - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - Canadian Evaluation Society - Canadian Society for the Study of Education - Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation - Council of Chief State School Officers -National Association of Elementary School Principals - National Association of Secondary School Principals · National Council on Measurement in Education - National Education Association - National Legislative Program Evaluation Society - National School Boards Association
Describing 27 standards for sound evaluations of educational personnel at all levels, this updated resource includes new and revised standards, in-depth explanations, case studies, and more.
Where are they right now? How can I close the gap between where they are and where I want them to be? This text suggests that teachers also ask these parallel questions of themselves: Where am I going?
These interviews are in stark contrast with the other interviews and reveal skepticism about the program's contributions to positive change or other potential benefits. Kwame decides to discuss this issue with Jonah at the next ...
Assessment is not only a measure of student learning, but a means to student learning. Teacher-Made Assessments guides you in constructing and using your own classroom tests and rubrics to improve student achievement.
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Standards-based Assessment of Student Learning: A Comprehensive Approach
The principal then introduced Ms. Mak to The Student Evaluation Standards (Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, 2003) and provided relevant suggestions for follow-up (see U6, Follow-Up and Professional Development).
These examples recommended by accrediting agencies makes this a unique contribution to the assessment literature. The book is organized in four parts. Part One is focused on student learning and assessment and includes ten chapters.
"We can be grateful that Dr. Stake decided to cap his distinguished career by sharing his ideas in writing. This is a book that evaluators will want to have in their personal library.
How do we know what they know? This accompanying volume to the Standards focuses on a key kind of assessment: the evaluation that occurs regularly in the classroom, by the teacher and his or her students as interacting participants.