educational evaluation

Analyzing four issues plaguing the American school system in the twenty-first century, which examines variants in student abilities, limitations of potential, the increased average of college-bound students, and America's approach to the academically gifted.

Explains how high school teachers and administrators can conduct data analysis and use the findings to promote continuous school improvement and student learning, and includes a CD-ROM.

Explains how teachers can use data in the elementary classroom to improve student learning, with information on how teachers can choose and analyze the best data for their lessons, interpret data, incorporate it into every subject, and other related topics.

A collection of essays that provides varying perspectives on school reform, debating political issues, the role of standardized tests, testing to evaluate teachers and schools, and school choice.

Explores how children are forced to give up their love of learning and instead fall into a frantic game of rushing through work in order to please teachers and meet state standards and offers practical suggestions to help educators work with students' love of learning, rather than destroying it.