Assessment powered teaching / / Nancy W. Sindelar

• Autore: Sindelar Nancy W. <1944->
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, c2011; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Corwin, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 138 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 371.39
• Soggetto topico: Educational tests and measurements - United States; Effective teaching - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Using the power of assessment. Step One: Become familiar with student assessment data and learn to use it to enhance your teaching -- Step two: Develop an efficient system for collecting meaningful student test data -- Step three: Learn how to use student test data as an individual teacher, a team member, and as part of a schoolwide initiative -- Chapter one rubric: Using the power of assessment -- Reflections -- 2. Creating a data-driven instructional system. Step one: Define your learning targets -- Step two: Begin building your standards-based assessments -- Step three: Align your curriculum with learning targets and assessments -- A word about curriculum mapping -- Chapter two rubric: Creating a data-driven instructional system -- Reflections -- 3. Making data-driven decisions in the classroom. Using formative assessment data to immediately inform teaching -- Using formative assessment data to inform teaching over time -- Benchmark assessments -- Test reports -- Rubric-graded assessments : Using rubric-graded formative assessment data to immediately inform teaching ; Using rubric-graded formative assessment data to inform teaching over time ; Rubric-graded benchmark assessments -- Chapter three rubric: Making data-driven decisions in the classroom -- Reflections -- ; 4. Empowering students with the results of their learning. Step one: Eliminate "mystery teaching" by providing students with clear and consistent standards-based learning targets and assessments -- Step two: Give students specific feedback regarding their progress toward learning targets in a timely and caring manner and in a format that is understandable to them -- Step three: Give students opportunities to self-assess and improve their work -- Step four: Provide interventions to help students reach learning targets in a timely manner -- Chapter four rubric: Empowering students with the results of their learning -- Reflections -- 5. Powering achievement in culturally diverse classrooms. Step one: Become a "cultural broker" -- Step two: Analyze the needs of subgroups through the use of disaggregated test data -- Step three: Address the needs of subgroups by more accurately measuring what students know rather than their ability to communicate their knowledge in standard English -- Chapter five rubric: Powering achievement in culturally diverse classrooms -- Reflections -- 6. Harnessing the power of collective wisdom. Data-driven changes in curriculum and instruction -- Data-driven staff development initiatives -- Data-driven student interventions -- Making the most of team time -- Chapter six rubric: Harnessing the power of collective wisdom -- Reflections.
• Sommario/riassunto: This text allows readers to become power teachers by using tests effectively to define learning targets, build standards-based assessments, and develop data-driven teaching strategies for enhanced student achievement.
• Titolo autorizzato: Assessment powered teaching
• ISBN: 1-4522-3582-1; 1-4833-5058-4; 1-4522-2442-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816530503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II