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  • Grading for Equity

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

    by 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 ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • This Is Not A Test

    A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education

    The conversation about turning around failing schools is in the national spotlight, and that spotlight is often focused on schools that black and brown children attend. Certain proposals to improve urban schools generate lots of headlines: expanding charter schools, funding school vouchers, using student test scores to evaluate, promote and pay teachers. But race is seldom considered as a tool for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Much More Than Academic Abilities

    by David Chan ...
    Academic abilities play a critical role not only in school settings but also in practical work situations and other problem-solving contexts that involve important intellectual task demands. However, we will not achieve the intended positive outcomes if we give too much emphasis to academic abilities and neglect non-academic attributes such as personality, interests, motivations, values, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher

    The Second Edition of 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher provides practical, applied information for the novice qualitative researcher, addressing the "how" of conducting qualitative research in one brief guide. Author John W. Creswell and new co-author Johanna Creswell Báez draw on many examples from their own research experiences, sharing them throughout the book. The 30 listed ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Assessing Teacher Effectiveness

    Different models

    How can we really evaluate teacher effectiveness?Systems of teacher appraisal and evaluation are being created across the world in order to monitor and assess teacher performance. But do the models used really give a fair evaluation?Based on international research, the authors argue that teacher effectiveness is too narrowly conceptualised and methods of measuring it are not attuned to the real ... Read more

    $74.99 USD

  • The Common Core Standards

    Series series Idiot's Guides
    In an effort to ensure that all U.S. students are equally prepared for college and careers, new academic standards for Kindergarten through 12th grade have been established and adopted by nearly every state. Idiot's Guides: The Common Core Standards helps parents, students, teachers, and administrators understand the details of this historic initiative. An outline of what makes these standards ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • Who Gets In and Why

    A Year Inside College Admissions

    From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissions office—one that identifies surprising strategies that will aid in the college search.Getting into a top-ranked college has never seemed more impossible, with acceptance rates at some elite universities dipping into the single digits. In Who Gets In ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Embracing Risk in Urban Education

    Curiosity, Creativity, and Courage in the Era of "No Excuses" and Relay Race Reform

    At a time when American urban public education is under broad attack, and in which America is perceived as a nationat risk that is losing the race to the Top, educators and politicians from across the spectrum are promoting increased emphasis on standardized testing, business models of school reform, zero tolerance, no excuses, promoting cultural assimilation, and building a standardized ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Checking for Understanding

    Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom

    A teacher presents a lesson, and at the end asks students if they understand the material. The students nod and say they get it. Later, the teacher is dismayed when many of the students fail a test on the material. Why aren't students getting it? And, just as important, why didn't the teacher recognize the problem?In Checking for Understanding, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey show how to increase ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Evaluation in Organizations

    A Systematic Approach to Enhancing Learning, Performance, and Change

    Take control of your resources and get the most out of your work with this helpful guide on organization and productivity.From new product launches to large-scale training initiatives, organizations need the tools to measure the effectiveness of their programs, processes, and systems. In Evaluation in Organizations, learning theory experts Darlene Russ-Eft and Hallie Preskill integrate the most ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Leaders of Their Own Learning

    Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment

    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 ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

  • The End of Education

    Redefining the Value of School

    by Neil Postman ...
    In this comprehensive response to the education crisis, the author of Teaching as a Subversive Activity returns to the subject that established his reputation as one of our most insightful social critics. Postman presents useful models with which schools can restore a sense of purpose, tolerance, and a respect for learning. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • 50 Myths and Lies That Threaten America's Public Schools

    The Real Crisis in Education

    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 ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Program Evaluation: A Step-by-Step Guide

    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 will ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Gatekeepers

    Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College

    In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • La escuela rota

    Sistema y política en contra del aprendizaje en México

    Series series Educación
    La escuela rota es la secuencia de La educación en México: un fracaso monumental, éxito editorial publicado en 2003 por el mismo autor. Diez años después la educación en México sigue siendo un fracaso. Un México pobre, con niveles máximos de pobreza según el Coneval, y uno de los peores índices de distribución del ingreso según el Banco Mundial, con un fuerte deterioro en seguridad, ecología y ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Data Collection Toolkit

    Everything You Need to Organize, Manage, and Monitor Classroom Data

    Collecting data on behavior, academic skills, and IEP goals is an essential step in showing student progress-but it can also be a complicated, time-consuming process. Take the worry and stress out of data collection with this ultra-practical resource, packed with the tools you need to organize, manage, and monitor critical information on your students' progress. You'll discover proven, stress-free ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Enhancing the Art & Science of Teaching With Technology

    Successfully leverage technology to enhance classroom practices with this practical resource. The authors demonstrate the importance of educational technology, which is quickly becoming an essential component in effective teaching. Included are over 100 organized classroom strategies, vignettes that show each section’s strategies in action, and a glossary of classroom-relevant technology terms. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Anti-Education Era

    Creating Smarter Students through Digital Learning

    One of the first champions of the positive effects of gaming reveals the dark side of today's digital and social mediaToday's schools are eager to use the latest technology in the classroom, but rather than improving learning, the new e-media can just as easily narrow students' horizons. Education innovator James Paul Gee first documented the educational benefits of gaming a decade ago in his ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Perfect Assessment System

    by Rick Stiggins ...
    It's time to move our assessment practices from the 1950s to the century we're living in. It's time to invest in our teachers and local school leaders instead of in more tests. It's time to help all students understand how to unleash their strengths and gain a sense of themselves as learners capable of choosing their own paths to success.In The Perfect Assessment System, Rick Stiggins calls for ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Using Formative Assessment to Improve Student Outcomes in the Classroom

    "Formative assessment--the process of interpretating data on student performance to adapt instruction to individual needs--is perhaps the single most powerful tool available to teachers to help every student succeed to their full potential."With that bold statement, Michael W. Connell sets out to unpack formative assessment--what it is, how it works, and why it is so essential for learner growth. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grading Smarter, Not Harder

    Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn

    by Myron Dueck ...
    All the talk of closing the achievement gap in schools obscures a more fundamental issue: do the grades we assign to students truly reflect the extent of their learning? In this lively and eye-opening book, educator Myron Dueck reveals how many of the assessment policies that teachers adopt can actually prove detrimental to student motivation and achievement and shows how we can tailor policies to ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Learning First, Technology Second in Practice

    New Strategies, Research and Tools for Student Success

    by Liz Kolb ...
    Building on the bestselling Learning First, Technology Second, this book helps teachers choose technology tools and instructional strategies based on an understanding of how students learn.After observing teachers and students interact with technology over many years, Liz Kolb began to wonder: While students’ attention levels are high when they use digital devices, how can we move them to an ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • How To Sift Through Media Bullsh*t

    by Bo Bennett, PhD ...
    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 ... Read more

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