educational tests and measurements

Offers teachers on overview of task rotation, explaining what it is, why it is a popular learning style, what the four interrelated tasks are, and how they can be integrated into the curriculum.

An exploration of data-based methods and challenges of the implementation of data-driven instruction that offers tips and guidelines and includes twenty case studies and a CD-ROM with instructional tools.

Presents the Dimensions of Learning teaching model for grades K-12, which integrates the five types of thinking that comprise the learning process; explicitly teaches mental habits and attitudes that facilitate learning; and focuses on students' use of knowledge instead of information recall.

Provides detailed information on the make-up and purpose of 109 different tests which may be used to diagnose suspected disabilities in students from early childhood through adolescence; grouped by test type.

Contains articles that provide ideas for education leaders, especially school principals, on how to initiate, lead, and sustain improvements in teaching and learning through assessments.

Discusses how students can use background knowledge, mental images, monitoring, inferring, synthesizing, and other techniques to understand standardized tests and think through problems instead of engaging in artificial preparation activities, with examples of the strategy's application, work samples, lesson ideas, and other tools.

Teachers Amy Greene and Glennon Melton share the classroom strategies they have used to empower students and raise test scores without compromising their beliefs about teaching and learning.

Details five strategies to improve student test scores, and includes sorting the data to identify student strengths and weaknesses, targeting teaching, adding time for practice, responding to individual needs, and welcoming the results.

Analyzes two important factors that affect student learning: formative assessment and grading, explains how to design and interpret three different types of formative assessments, track student progress, and assign meaningful grades, and includes detailed examples of applications in classrooms.