Testing Too Much? - A Principal s Guide to Cutting Back Testing Reclaiming Instructional

There is too much testing in American Public Schools that is robbing teachers of valuable instructional time. Testing Too Much? provides three models to use in cutting back on non-mandated testing by 25% to help school leaders and teachers find ways to improve their instruction and the educational experiences of their students.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Accountability on Steroids: How we Got Here
Chapter Two: It's the Law... Helping Parents Choose Not to Opt Out
Chapter Three: What is the True Purpose of Schooling?
Chapter Four: What Makes for a Good Test?
Chapter Five: How to Cut Back on Testing - Three Models
Chapter Six: The Research on Why Time Matters
Chapter Seven: High School Case Study
Chapter Eight: The Pathway to a Positive Culture
Chapter Nine: What to Do with Reclaimed Instructional Time
Chapter Ten: Epilogue: A Retrospective

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Philip A. Streifer, PhD, is a consultant, author, recognized educator, and former superintendent of schools in Bristol and Avon, Connecticut and Barrington, Rhode Island. He was Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut and has published several books and articles on assessment, school improvement, and evaluation.

Zusammenfassung

There is too much testing in American Public Schools that is robbing teachers of valuable instructional time. Testing Too Much? provides three models to use in cutting back on non-mandated testing by 25% to help school leaders and teachers find ways to improve their instruction and the educational experiences of their students.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard Ayers, Sheckley, Barry Sheckley, Philip A. Streifer, Philip A. Sheckley Streifer, Philip A./ Sheckley Streifer, Philip Alan Streifer, Streifer Philip A.
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781475833669
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3366-9
• Seiten: 176
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, Organization & management of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Education: examinations & assessment, Educational administration & organization, Examinations & assessment, EDUCATION / Teaching / General