Learning Assessment

This audio reference book provides clear answers to commonly asked questions about the most pressing issues in education today. Standards and standardized tests, writing and student achievement, accountability systems, interventions for under-performing students, standards and the arts, motivation, leadership issues, plus many more topics are addressed in this handbook for educators.

Transform your classroom with AI-powered strategies in just weeks—even if you’ve never used an edtech tool before. Are you overwhelmed by the constant wave of new AI tools and trends, wishing for a clear, step-by-step guide that actually makes sense for your classroom? Have you tried workshops or generic lesson plans, only to find they don’t fit your students’ needs or your subject area? Are you worried about student privacy, equity, or simply feeling left behind by rapid changes in education technology? If so, you’re not alone. Most educators feel the same uncertainty, but there ...

Conquer the Child Development Exams: Your Guide to the CDA and Other Early Childhood Certifications is a concise and accessible study aid created to help early childhood educators focus on the most essential concepts in preparation for certification. Whether you're pursuing the CDA or another child development credential, this guide simplifies key areas such as developmental stages, observation skills, behavior guidance, classroom setup, and working with families. It explores fundamental topics in child growth, health and safety, learning environments, and inclusive practices—empowering ...

Activate an assessment revolution with the Peer Power Feedback Framework! Formative assessment produces greater increases in student learning and is cheaper than other efforts to boost achievement. Peer Power gives teachers a practical 6-step framework for empowering students to take ownership of their learning through the self and peer assessment process. The Peer Power Framework: • expands feedback to learners • amplifies quality classroom discussion • expands student goal setting • infuses dispositional learning • strengthens metacognitive thinking • integrates SEL practices ...

Professor com vasta experiência, dono de texto envolvente, Leandro Karnal discute os problemas cotidianos daqueles que lecionam: como dar aula, como corrigir provas, o que é necessário lembrar numa reunião com os pais. Em poucas palavras: como realmente lidar com as práticas escolares.

Drawing on his twenty years as a teacher, hundreds of interviews and his experience on the UK Government's Social Mobility Commission, Sammy Wright shows that schools are - and should be - so much more than this. Filled with funny, tender encounters and an unflinching focus on the profound challenges of daily life for both teachers and pupils, his book argues that we need urgently to think of school differently: as something more like a home than a factory, a community hub rather than a boot-camp or testing ground.

Learner Agency: A Field Guide for Taking Flight is a boots-on-the-ground resource for those who wish to foster greater agency for students and adults alike within their classroom, school, or school system. Written by practitioners who have experienced the triumphs and struggles first-hand, the book offers a framework for moving from building knowledge to making meaning and applying the understanding of practices and systems that support agency. As a result, readers can determine a starting point and use the book as a guide to their unique journey through the highlighted enabling conditions ...

This is a journey of a personal fitness trainer and a stroke survivor client. This inspiring journey will bring hope and encouragement to those in recovery and their friends and family. This journey took us through rebuilding new pathways, feeling safe in movement again as well as fixing the foot drop and dealing with numbness and loss of sensations throughout the body.

This book is an edited text with experts writing on these topics: literacy foundations, data-driven assessments, strategic partnerships, secondary literacy programs, DEI, leadership, planning and instructional strategies, and the content areas. It fills a gap in the literature on middle and secondary literacy and differentiation. Each chapter includes the latest research and takes a practical look at some of the essential questions facing educators today.

A fact is a fact, right? Unfortunately, it's not that simple. A "fact" is primarily defined as "a thing that is indisputably the case". The problem with that definition is that virtually anything can be disputed, and most things are. But the legal language of "beyond a reasonable doubt" applies to this definition. Many times, especially on the Internet, facts that are disputed are done so without reasonable doubt.

¡Domina el arte de la evaluación y contribuye a mejorar la calidad de la educación! Este libro es una guía completa y práctica para la evaluación educativa, desde los conceptos básicos hasta las prácticas más recientes.

"Pedagogy of English" is a comprehensive guide tailored for educators aiming to refine their English language teaching techniques, particularly in foreign language contexts. Focusing on practicality, it furnishes teachers with straightforward strategies to streamline the learning process for students grappling with English as a foreign language. Serving as a roadmap, this book aims to elevate the effectiveness of English language instruction, acknowledging its pivotal role in countries where English holds social and academic significance. Foremost, the book aims to provide practical support...

As an HR, Training or Talent Consultant, you probably recognise the benefit of 360 Degree Feedback as an effective tool for one-to-one coaching and development. 360 Degree Feedback can be a flexible, highly bespoke tool that can help link your training programmes with your clients' strategic talent and performance plans, providing a common framework for performance, development and succession planning. Many consultants would like to use 360 more strategically, but worry about the time, effort and cost, and how they can find a system that will always work for their clients. If you would like...

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For college admissions help, give your child that "unfair" advantage in applying to college, without cheating, offering bribes, using legacy, or giving donations. Here's the kind of insider information that’s made the author's own clients refer him to their friends for the past 17 years. It's a free, fast, and entertaining listen that's designed for the hard-bitten realist who takes nothing at face value, especially in light of the college admissions scandal of 2019.

The foundation for this book is to utilize a long-term 10-year homeless program that any government agency can implement to aid in ending chronic homelessness. The program is called The Home Giveaway Program Initiative. "The Home GAP" is designed to allow a homeless person the chance to turn their lives around, thus after completing "The Home GAP," they can end up owning their own home.

Ah, the SAT, that venerable old titan of standardized testing. It's like the long-standing tradition in the education world, with a history that stretches back decades. Let's dive into its origins, its rise to popularity, its fall from grace, and its unexpected resurgence.

In the three years since the publication of the first volume of 101 Questions & Answers about Standards, Assessment, and Accountability, Dr. Reeves and the Center for Performance Assessment have continued to receive and respond to real-world questions from teachers, school leaders, parents, students, and educational researchers.

Domine a arte da avaliação e contribua para a melhoria da qualidade da educação! Este livro é um guia completo e prático para a avaliação educacional, desde os conceitos básicos até as práticas mais recentes.

If you've spent a lot of your career and focusing on your personal brand it's time to start thinking about how to future proof your work. While digital platforms come and go, so do opportunities to create, build, and nurture your customer and audiences, but we can't rely on them. The idea of growth branding helps you to start to consider how to turn the value of your personal brand into something you can actually benefit from. The book comes with an audit for you to do that will help you organize your path to growth and success factors.