Author: Bobby Allen, Ed.D.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312060026
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This mixed-methods study of 157 disadvantaged African-American students and six teachers investigated the effectiveness of an after-school tutoring program in improving students' grades. The reading, English language arts and mathematics grades of student participants were compared using independent t-tests and analysis of variance. The grades of participants were also compared to corresponding grades of non-participants. Results showed significant benefits in all areas. The author asserts that there exists a better way to educate African-American students and assure greater academic success.
Academic Success For African-American Students
Author: Bobby Allen, Ed.D.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312060026
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This mixed-methods study of 157 disadvantaged African-American students and six teachers investigated the effectiveness of an after-school tutoring program in improving students' grades. The reading, English language arts and mathematics grades of student participants were compared using independent t-tests and analysis of variance. The grades of participants were also compared to corresponding grades of non-participants. Results showed significant benefits in all areas. The author asserts that there exists a better way to educate African-American students and assure greater academic success.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312060026
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This mixed-methods study of 157 disadvantaged African-American students and six teachers investigated the effectiveness of an after-school tutoring program in improving students' grades. The reading, English language arts and mathematics grades of student participants were compared using independent t-tests and analysis of variance. The grades of participants were also compared to corresponding grades of non-participants. Results showed significant benefits in all areas. The author asserts that there exists a better way to educate African-American students and assure greater academic success.
Assessing English Language Learners in the Content Areas
Author: Florin Mihai
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472034359
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Assessing English Language Learners in the Content Areas: A Research-into-Practice Guide for Educators seeks to provide guidance to classroom teachers, staff developers, and test-item designers who want to improve ELL assessment outcomes, particularly in the areas of math, science and social studies. The first two chapters of the book establish the background for the discussion of content-area assessment for ELLs, examining several important characteristics of this rapidly growing student population (as well as critical legislation affecting ELLs) and providing a description of various forms of assessment, including how ELL assessment is different from the assessment of English-proficient students. Important assessment principles that educators should use in their evaluation of tests or other forms of measurement are provided. Other chapters review ELL test accommodations nationwide (because, surprisingly, most teachers do not know what they can and cannot allow) and the research on the effectiveness of these types of accommodations. The book analyzes the characteristics of alternative assessment; it discusses three popular alternative assessment instruments (performance assessment, curriculum-based measurement, and portfolios) and makes recommendations as to how to increase the validity, reliability, and practicality of alternative assessments. The book proposes fundamental assessment practices to help content area teachers in their evaluation of their ELL progress.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472034359
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Assessing English Language Learners in the Content Areas: A Research-into-Practice Guide for Educators seeks to provide guidance to classroom teachers, staff developers, and test-item designers who want to improve ELL assessment outcomes, particularly in the areas of math, science and social studies. The first two chapters of the book establish the background for the discussion of content-area assessment for ELLs, examining several important characteristics of this rapidly growing student population (as well as critical legislation affecting ELLs) and providing a description of various forms of assessment, including how ELL assessment is different from the assessment of English-proficient students. Important assessment principles that educators should use in their evaluation of tests or other forms of measurement are provided. Other chapters review ELL test accommodations nationwide (because, surprisingly, most teachers do not know what they can and cannot allow) and the research on the effectiveness of these types of accommodations. The book analyzes the characteristics of alternative assessment; it discusses three popular alternative assessment instruments (performance assessment, curriculum-based measurement, and portfolios) and makes recommendations as to how to increase the validity, reliability, and practicality of alternative assessments. The book proposes fundamental assessment practices to help content area teachers in their evaluation of their ELL progress.
Handbook on Assessments for Gifted Learners
Author: Susan K. Johnsen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000601285
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This essential handbook is a comprehensive and systematic examination of the assessment of gifted and advanced students and their programs, and a must-have resource for coordinators and directors at state and local levels. Handbook on Assessments for Gifted Learners explores issues associated with building an effective identification system, clarifies and interprets the need for targeted learning progress assessments for gifted learners, and discusses program evaluation, assessments, and processes used to gauge programs’ success. Engaging chapters written by both academic and practitioner experts provide research-based, practical ideas for identifying and measuring the progress of gifted and advanced learners. Readers will benefit from informed recommendations stemming from current research conducted specifically for this text.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000601285
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This essential handbook is a comprehensive and systematic examination of the assessment of gifted and advanced students and their programs, and a must-have resource for coordinators and directors at state and local levels. Handbook on Assessments for Gifted Learners explores issues associated with building an effective identification system, clarifies and interprets the need for targeted learning progress assessments for gifted learners, and discusses program evaluation, assessments, and processes used to gauge programs’ success. Engaging chapters written by both academic and practitioner experts provide research-based, practical ideas for identifying and measuring the progress of gifted and advanced learners. Readers will benefit from informed recommendations stemming from current research conducted specifically for this text.
Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind
Author: Laura S. Hamilton
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 083304270X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Since 2001-2002, standards-based accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 have shaped the work of public school teachers and administrators in the United States. This book sheds light on how accountability policies have been translated into actions at the district, school, and classroom levels in three states.
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 083304270X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Since 2001-2002, standards-based accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 have shaped the work of public school teachers and administrators in the United States. This book sheds light on how accountability policies have been translated into actions at the district, school, and classroom levels in three states.
Educators in Action
Author: American Productivity & Quality Center
Publisher: APQC
ISBN: 9781932546262
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher: APQC
ISBN: 9781932546262
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Natural World and Science Education in the United States
Author: Ajay Sharma
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319761862
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This book focuses on the representation of nature in science education in schools in the United States. Given the importance of our relationship with the nonhuman world for the fate of our planet, this work gives special attention to the representation, instruction, and understanding of the relationship between the social and the natural world. It also proposes an alternative, sustainability science-based conceptual framework for ecology and environmental science topics in science education, which is compatible with the current social-ecological understanding of life in the Anthropocene epoch.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319761862
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This book focuses on the representation of nature in science education in schools in the United States. Given the importance of our relationship with the nonhuman world for the fate of our planet, this work gives special attention to the representation, instruction, and understanding of the relationship between the social and the natural world. It also proposes an alternative, sustainability science-based conceptual framework for ecology and environmental science topics in science education, which is compatible with the current social-ecological understanding of life in the Anthropocene epoch.
Number Talks
Author: Sherry Parrish
Publisher: Math Solutions
ISBN: 1935099116
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
"A multimedia professional learning resource"--Cover.
Publisher: Math Solutions
ISBN: 1935099116
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
"A multimedia professional learning resource"--Cover.
The Pedagogy of Standardized Testing
Author: Arlo Kempf
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137486651
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Based on a large-scale international study of teachers in Los Angeles, Chicago, Ontario, and New York, this book illustrates the ways increased use of high-stakes standardized testing is fundamentally changing education in the US and Canada with a negative overall impact on the way teachers teach and students learn. Standardized testing makes understanding students' strengths and weaknesses more difficult, and class time spent on testing consumes scarce time and attention needed to support the success of all students—further disadvantaging ELLs, students with exceptionalities, low income, and racially minoritized students.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137486651
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Based on a large-scale international study of teachers in Los Angeles, Chicago, Ontario, and New York, this book illustrates the ways increased use of high-stakes standardized testing is fundamentally changing education in the US and Canada with a negative overall impact on the way teachers teach and students learn. Standardized testing makes understanding students' strengths and weaknesses more difficult, and class time spent on testing consumes scarce time and attention needed to support the success of all students—further disadvantaging ELLs, students with exceptionalities, low income, and racially minoritized students.
Standards for Middle and High School Literacy Coaches
Author: International Reading Association
Publisher: International Reading Assoc.
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
This US report from the International Reading Association looks at standards for middle and high school literacy coaches. The standards are organised into two parts - leadership standards and content area literacy standards. Table of contents: * Introduction * Part 1: Leadership standards * Part 2: Content area literacy standards (english language arts, mathematics, science, social studies) * Part 3: What we know and what we need to know about literacy coaches in middle and high schools: a research synthesis and proposed research agenda * References.
Publisher: International Reading Assoc.
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
This US report from the International Reading Association looks at standards for middle and high school literacy coaches. The standards are organised into two parts - leadership standards and content area literacy standards. Table of contents: * Introduction * Part 1: Leadership standards * Part 2: Content area literacy standards (english language arts, mathematics, science, social studies) * Part 3: What we know and what we need to know about literacy coaches in middle and high schools: a research synthesis and proposed research agenda * References.
Science Detective
Author: Stephen David Fischer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894558351
Category : Critical thinking
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894558351
Category : Critical thinking
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description