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Improve Your Punctuation and Grammar

de Marion Field ...

Master the essentials of the English language and write with greater confidence. ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Master the essentials of the English language and write with greater confidence.
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Grading for Equity

What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms

de Joe Feldman ...

Raise standards and improve learning for all students through equitable gradingGrading–one of the most important responsibilities of teachers with major implications for students’ academic and life trajectories–is ironically also among the most enigmatic and frequently avoided topics in education. Although most teachers sense that common grading practices are often ineffective, there is limited ... Leer más

$32.39 USD

Raise standards and improve learning for all students through equitable gradingGrading–one of the most important responsibilities of teachers with major implications for students’ academic and life trajectories–is ironically also among the most enigmatic and frequently avoided topics in education. Although most teachers sense that common grading practices are often ineffective, there is limited
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A Is for Admission

The Insider's Guide to Getting into the Ivy League and Other Top Colleges

de Michele A. Hernández ...

A former admissions officer at Dartmouth College reveals how the world's most highly selective schools really make their decisions.For generations, the admissions process of the Ivy League schools has been cloaked in mystery and myth. With absolute candor, Michele A. Hernández tells you all the hard truths, how officials factor in every extenuating circumstance, and, most important, how to make ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

A former admissions officer at Dartmouth College reveals how the world's most highly selective schools really make their decisions.For generations, the admissions process of the Ivy League schools has been cloaked in mystery and myth. With absolute candor, Michele A. Hernández tells you all the hard truths, how officials factor in every extenuating circumstance, and, most important, how to make
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Program Evaluation: A Step-by-Step Guide

de Nancy F. Barrett ...

Need to make changes in your organization? Not sure how to go about it? A program evaluation makes a great start! Program Evaluation: A Step-By Step Guide provides practical tips for developing and implementing your own evaluations! Whether you want to improve an existing program, identify new program directions, or prove that you have met your stated goals, this book can help you do that. You ... Leer más

$1.79 USD

Need to make changes in your organization? Not sure how to go about it? A program evaluation makes a great start! Program Evaluation: A Step-By Step Guide provides practical tips for developing and implementing your own evaluations! Whether you want to improve an existing program, identify new program directions, or prove that you have met your stated goals, this book can help you do that. You
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Leaders of Their Own Learning

Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment

de Ron Berger, Leah Rugen, Libby Woodfin, EL Education ...

From EL Education comes a proven approach to student assessmentLeaders of Their Own Learning offers a new way of thinking about assessment based on the celebrated work of EL Education schools across the country. Student-Engaged Assessment is not a single practice but an approach to teaching and learning that equips and compels students to understand goals for their learning and growth, track their ... Leer más

$19.00 USD

From EL Education comes a proven approach to student assessmentLeaders of Their Own Learning offers a new way of thinking about assessment based on the celebrated work of EL Education schools across the country. Student-Engaged Assessment is not a single practice but an approach to teaching and learning that equips and compels students to understand goals for their learning and growth, track their
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50 Myths and Lies That Threaten America's Public Schools

The Real Crisis in Education

de David C. Berliner, Gene V Glass ...

Two of the most respected voices in education and a team of young education scholars identify 50 myths and lies that threaten America's public schools. With hard-hitting information and a touch of comic relief, Berliner, Glass, and their Associates separate fact from fiction in this comprehensive look at modern education reform. They explain how the mythical failure of public education has been ... Leer más

$23.93 USD

Two of the most respected voices in education and a team of young education scholars identify 50 myths and lies that threaten America's public schools. With hard-hitting information and a touch of comic relief, Berliner, Glass, and their Associates separate fact from fiction in this comprehensive look at modern education reform. They explain how the mythical failure of public education has been
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Grading for Equity

What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms

de Joe Feldman ...

"Joe Feldman shows us how we can use grading to help students become the leaders of their own learning and lift the veil on how to succeed. . . . This must-have book will help teachers learn to implement improved, equity-focused grading for impact."—Zaretta Hammond,Author of Culturally Responsive Teaching & The BrainCrack open the grading conversationHere at last—a... ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

"Joe Feldman shows us how we can use grading to help students become the leaders of their own learning and lift the veil on how to succeed. . . . This must-have book will help teachers learn to implement improved, equity-focused grading for impact."—Zaretta Hammond,Author of Culturally Responsive Teaching & The BrainCrack open the grading conversationHere at last—a...
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Essentials of Research Methods for Educators

de Anastasia Kitsantas, Timothy Cleary, Maria K DiBenedetto, Suzanne E. Hiller ...

Essentials of Research Methods for Educators provides future teachers, specialists, administrators and educational leaders with a textbook and a resource that goes beyond the classroom to use in your career. With a focus on the wide variety of data available to educators and the importance of data literacy for all those involved in education, this book presents research methods in a relatable ... Leer más

$78.56 USD

Essentials of Research Methods for Educators provides future teachers, specialists, administrators and educational leaders with a textbook and a resource that goes beyond the classroom to use in your career. With a focus on the wide variety of data available to educators and the importance of data literacy for all those involved in education, this book presents research methods in a relatable
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Data, Data Everywhere

Bringing All the Data Together for Continuous School Improvement

de Victoria L. Bernhardt ...

The latest book from best-selling author Victoria L. Bernhardt is an easy-to-read primer that describes what it takes to achieve student learning growth at every grade level, in every subject area, and with every student group. In this new edition, readers will learn how to use data to inform their continuous school improvement as they develop an appreciation of the various types of data, uses for ... Leer más

$38.69 USD

The latest book from best-selling author Victoria L. Bernhardt is an easy-to-read primer that describes what it takes to achieve student learning growth at every grade level, in every subject area, and with every student group. In this new edition, readers will learn how to use data to inform their continuous school improvement as they develop an appreciation of the various types of data, uses for
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Business School Essays That Made a Difference, 6th Edition

de The Princeton Review ...

Series series Graduate School Admissions Guides
The inside word on business school admissions.To gain admission to the top business schools, you need more than just high test scores and a strong GPA—you need to crush your essays. Business School Essays That Made a Difference, 6th Edition, gives you resources to help do just that, including:• Real essays written by MBA applicants—with commentary from the admissions experts• An overview of b ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

The inside word on business school admissions.To gain admission to the top business schools, you need more than just high test scores and a strong GPA—you need to crush your essays. Business School Essays That Made a Difference, 6th Edition, gives you resources to help do just that, including:• Real essays written by MBA applicants—with commentary from the admissions experts• An overview of b
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The Program Evaluation Standards

A Guide for Evaluators and Evaluation Users

de Donald B. Yarbrough, Lyn M. Shulha, Rodney K. Hopson, Flora A. Caruthers ...

With oversight from the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, Yarbrough, Schulha, Hopson, and Caruthers have revised and illustrated this new edition of the Program Evaluation Standards. These thirty standards support the core attributes of evaluation quality: utility, feasibility, propriety, accuracy, and accountability, and provide guidance to anyone interested in planning, ... Leer más

$63.17 USD

With oversight from the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, Yarbrough, Schulha, Hopson, and Caruthers have revised and illustrated this new edition of the Program Evaluation Standards. These thirty standards support the core attributes of evaluation quality: utility, feasibility, propriety, accuracy, and accountability, and provide guidance to anyone interested in planning,
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One-Party Classroom

How Radical Professors at America's Top Colleges Indoctrinate Students and Undermine Our Democracy

de David Horowitz, Jacob Laksin ...

“David Horowitz has single-handedly exposed the intellectual corruption that exists within the classrooms of American colleges. Like all forms of corruption, indoctrination flourishes when kept in the dark. Here, Horowitz turns on the bright lights to expose what has become profoundly wrong with our colleges and universities. We are all in his debt.”–Ward Connerly, former regent, University of ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

“David Horowitz has single-handedly exposed the intellectual corruption that exists within the classrooms of American colleges. Like all forms of corruption, indoctrination flourishes when kept in the dark. Here, Horowitz turns on the bright lights to expose what has become profoundly wrong with our colleges and universities. We are all in his debt.”–Ward Connerly, former regent, University of
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Beyond Testing

Seven Assessments of Students and Schools More Effective Than Standardized Tests

de Deborah Meier, Matthew Knoester ...

The authors of this timely book argue that a fundamentally complex problem—how to assess the knowledge of a child—cannot be reduced to a simple test score. Beyond Testing describes seven forms of assessment that are more effective than standardized test results: (1) student self-assessments, (2) direct teacher observations of students and their work, (3) descriptive reviews of the child, (4) ... Leer más

$29.15 USD

The authors of this timely book argue that a fundamentally complex problem—how to assess the knowledge of a child—cannot be reduced to a simple test score. Beyond Testing describes seven forms of assessment that are more effective than standardized test results: (1) student self-assessments, (2) direct teacher observations of students and their work, (3) descriptive reviews of the child, (4)
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Beyond Test Scores

A Better Way to Measure School Quality

de Jack Schneider ...

When it comes to sizing up America’s public schools, test scores are the go-to metric of state policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the “best” schools. Yet ample research indicates that standardized tests are a poor way to measure a school’s performance. It is time—indeed past time—to rethink this system, Jack Schneider says.Beyond Test Scores reframes current ... Leer más

$18.17 USD

When it comes to sizing up America’s public schools, test scores are the go-to metric of state policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the “best” schools. Yet ample research indicates that standardized tests are a poor way to measure a school’s performance. It is time—indeed past time—to rethink this system, Jack Schneider says.Beyond Test Scores reframes current
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Outstanding Formative Assessment: Culture and Practice

de Shirley Clarke ...

Best-selling author Shirley Clarke provides a wealth of high quality ideas, practical strategies, classroom examples and whole-school case studies for teachers in primary and secondary schools.The most comprehensive of Shirley Clarke's titles includes extensive examples and realia, in full colour. The book is clearly structured around the ways in which teachers actually teach, with QR coded web ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

Best-selling author Shirley Clarke provides a wealth of high quality ideas, practical strategies, classroom examples and whole-school case studies for teachers in primary and secondary schools.The most comprehensive of Shirley Clarke's titles includes extensive examples and realia, in full colour. The book is clearly structured around the ways in which teachers actually teach, with QR coded web
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Differentiated Reading Instruction

Strategies and Technology Tools to Help All Students Improve

de Jules Csillag ...

Learn how tech tools can make it easier to differentiate reading instruction, so you can reach all of your students and help them increase their fluency and comprehension. This practical guide brings together evidence-based principles for differentiated reading instruction and user-friendly tech tools, to help middle level students grow as readers in fun, interactive, and engaging ways. You’ll ... Leer más

$41.39 USD

Learn how tech tools can make it easier to differentiate reading instruction, so you can reach all of your students and help them increase their fluency and comprehension. This practical guide brings together evidence-based principles for differentiated reading instruction and user-friendly tech tools, to help middle level students grow as readers in fun, interactive, and engaging ways. You’ll
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Differentiated Literacy Instruction

Assessing, Grouping, Teaching

de Sharon Wapole, Michael C. McKenna, Zoi A. Philippakos, John Z. Strong ...

The goal of this book is to answer the question What is differentiated instruction? It offers pre-service and in-service teachers the background and foundational skills they will need to understand, plan for, and achieve effective differentiated literacy instruction in their classrooms, based on individual student needs. Chapters provide essential information about how to analyze and synthesize ... Leer más

$82.79 USD

The goal of this book is to answer the question What is differentiated instruction? It offers pre-service and in-service teachers the background and foundational skills they will need to understand, plan for, and achieve effective differentiated literacy instruction in their classrooms, based on individual student needs. Chapters provide essential information about how to analyze and synthesize
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Observation Skills for Effective Teaching

Research-Based Practice

de Gary D. Borich ...

Thoroughly updated for the new era of Common Core Standards, this seventh edition of Observational Skills for Effective Teaching is vital in this time of educational change. It offers a detailed, yet easily accessible, handbook for teachers to prepare for and design their first classroom experiences. Updated with the newest research on effective teaching and learning, the book cogently introduces ... Leer más

$79.19 USD

Thoroughly updated for the new era of Common Core Standards, this seventh edition of Observational Skills for Effective Teaching is vital in this time of educational change. It offers a detailed, yet easily accessible, handbook for teachers to prepare for and design their first classroom experiences. Updated with the newest research on effective teaching and learning, the book cogently introduces
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Handbook of Formative Assessment

Edición de Gregory J. Cizek, Heidi L. Andrade ...

Formative assessment has recently become a focus of renewed research as state and federal policy-makers realize that summative assessments have reached a point of diminishing returns as a tool for increasing student achievement. Consequently, supporters of large-scale testing programs are now beginning to consider the potential of formative assessments to improve student achievement. The mission ... Leer más

$161.99 USD

Formative assessment has recently become a focus of renewed research as state and federal policy-makers realize that summative assessments have reached a point of diminishing returns as a tool for increasing student achievement. Consequently, supporters of large-scale testing programs are now beginning to consider the potential of formative assessments to improve student achievement. The mission
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Defensible Teacher Evaluation

Student Growth Through Classroom Assessment

de Richard J. Stiggins ...

Meaningful teacher evaluation starts with visible student growthAnnual standardized test scores cannot provide evidence of student growth needed to evaluate teacher performance. But consider student growth in the form of evidence derived from classroom assessment and you’re on to something. For assessment expert Rick Stiggins, this can form the basis for a truly productive teacher evaluation ... Leer más

$28.34 USD

Meaningful teacher evaluation starts with visible student growthAnnual standardized test scores cannot provide evidence of student growth needed to evaluate teacher performance. But consider student growth in the form of evidence derived from classroom assessment and you’re on to something. For assessment expert Rick Stiggins, this can form the basis for a truly productive teacher evaluation
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Assessment in Health Professions Education

Edición de Rachel Yudkowsky, Yoon Soo Park, Steven M. Downing ...

Assessment in Health Professions Education,second edition, provides a comprehensive guide for educators in the health professions—medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health fields. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated by leaders in the field. Part I of the book presents an introduction to assessment fundamentals and their theoretical underpinnings from the ... Leer más

$74.69 USD

Assessment in Health Professions Education,second edition, provides a comprehensive guide for educators in the health professions—medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health fields. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated by leaders in the field. Part I of the book presents an introduction to assessment fundamentals and their theoretical underpinnings from the
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The College Instructor's Guide to Writing Test Items

Measuring Student Learning

de Michael Rodriguez, Anthony Albano ...

The College Instructor’s Guide to Writing Test Items: Measuring Student Learning addresses the need for direct and clear guidance on item writing for assessing broad ranges of content in many fields. By focusing on multiple-choice response items, this book provides college instructors the tools to understand, develop, and use assessment activities in classrooms in a way that consistently supports ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

The College Instructor’s Guide to Writing Test Items: Measuring Student Learning addresses the need for direct and clear guidance on item writing for assessing broad ranges of content in many fields. By focusing on multiple-choice response items, this book provides college instructors the tools to understand, develop, and use assessment activities in classrooms in a way that consistently supports
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Assessment Essentials

Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education

de Trudy W. Banta, Catherine A. Palomba ...

A comprehensive expansion to the essential higher education assessment textThis second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes assessment in higher education. In this thoroughly revised edition, you will find, in a familiar framework, nearly all new material, examples from more than 100 campuses, and indispensable descriptions of ... Leer más

$44.00 USD

A comprehensive expansion to the essential higher education assessment textThis second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes assessment in higher education. In this thoroughly revised edition, you will find, in a familiar framework, nearly all new material, examples from more than 100 campuses, and indispensable descriptions of
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School Portfolio, The

A Comprehensive Framework for School Improvement

de Victoria L. Bernhardt ...

A school portfolio is the most effective way to ensure your school's success at systemic reform. Extensively tested, it is a non-threatening self-assessment tool which exhibits a school's goals, achievements, and vision for improvement. This book will show you how to develop a school portfolio tailored to your particular school and vision. ... Leer más

$30.59 USD

A school portfolio is the most effective way to ensure your school's success at systemic reform. Extensively tested, it is a non-threatening self-assessment tool which exhibits a school's goals, achievements, and vision for improvement. This book will show you how to develop a school portfolio tailored to your particular school and vision.
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