educational evaluation

Explains formative assessment, discusses common misconceptions about it, and provides strategies for using it in the classroom.

Presents nineteen articles by educators on assessment practices inspired by theorists Peter Senge and W. Edwards Deming, which employ systems thinking, team building, shared vision, mental models, and setting milestones that move toward personal mastery.

Describes a process by which U.S. schools can design standards-based systems of education.

Discusses ways to design an effective lesson plan.

Presents a guide to the I-Search process that explains how it can help students improve their research skills, and includes activities and lessons to help teachers and librarians incorporate the method into their classrooms.

Offers advice and instruction to educators on how to collect and use data to analyze and report on how the district is meeting the goal of sustained student learning.

A complete resource for writing rubrics that assist with learning as well as assess it, and examines how to select from among the many rubrics available for classroom use.

Contains a collection of tactics and strategies appropriate for teaching and guiding students to achieve their best efforts in the classroom.