educational evaluation

Data-driven instruction is the philosophy that schools should focus on two simple questions: how do you know if are students learning? And when they are not, what do you do about it?.

"This practical, engaging guide explores how student-centered assessment not only improves student engagement and achievement but also ensures that assessment is accurate, meaningful, and fair"--Provided by publisher.

A guide to formative assessment and technological innovations for educators that features practical tips on how to use technology in assessment, strategies for small groups and individual students, ideas for project-based and inquiry-based approaches, and more.

A guide for professional learning communities to creating a data team to evaluate student performance, and instructional strategies.

Presents action research studies about teaching and learning in a block period environment, conducted by seven Seattle area high school teachers in their own classrooms during the 1996-97 school year.

"W. James Popham outlines six fundamental understandings of assessment, giving busy educators the keys to the most cost-effective means of school improvement." --.

"Educators are being told they need to begin using data to drive their efforts. A high percentage of educators we have worked with either don't know how to use data, don't want to use data and/or are afraid to use data. We believe this book will teach educators a common sense approach to the importance of data and how to use it correctly free of fear. This book will help educators learn how to identify, collect, analyze, and most importantly use data to inform their decision making process. We are actively working in approximately 40+ school districts in 11 states nationwide and have been told that Multi-Dimensional Assessment is the most comprehensive approach to data collection in schools. Educators are using the district diagnosis contained within our individual school and district reports (see http://mdedinc.com/Resources.shtml) to provide the data they need to make informed data-driven decisions related to leadership, instruction and much more. This book will explain the Multi-Dimensional Education approach to help educators develop a new lens for seeing how they can get started or more strategically approach using data to drive their achievement. We hope the book will help educators embrace data as a means toward inquiry, action, and school improvement"-- Provided by publisher.

Provides tips for creating a student-led learning environm ent in the classroom.