From judging performance to guiding students to shaping instruction to informing learning, coming to grips with informative assessment is one insightful journey.
From ASCD Educational Leadership Magazine. <br>
<b>Nine strategies help raise the achievement of students living in poverty</b><br>1. Build relationships of respect <br>2. Make beginning learning relational <br>. Teach students to speak in formal register <br>4. Assess each student's resources\n5. Teach the hidden rules of school <br>6. Monitor progress and plan interventions <br> 7. Translate the concrete into abstract <br>8. Teach students how to ask questions <br> 9. Forge relationships with parents <br>
10 Research-Based Principles to Guide Classroom Practice. You can also download a free poster on the 10 principles from this site.
When K-12 school districts began implementing the first student information systems (SISs) during the 1990s, special education was largely left out of the process. The two systems evolved as separate entities, technologically speaking, and in the handling of individualized education programs (IEPs), paper remained the dominant storage medium long after other student records had made the digital transition.Left out of the digital revolution for too long, special education is finally being integrated into student information systems.
Teachers understand the importance of accountability and they embrace it. But an accurate and fair school accountability system remains elusive.Accountability has become a ‘gotcha game’—designed to blame and punish, rather than to build capacity for improvement. Article describes four pillars of a new system of accountability.
Making data part of instructional planning can be challenging, especially if teachers are not used to thinking about assessment and data as a regular part of the process. This article offers helpful tips.