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Informationen zum Autor John Tanner has made a career out of examining the systems that make up the field of education in an effort to better understand their real impact on students. He is best known for making some of the most complex parts of the educational process readily understandable. He resides in San Antonio, TX, with his wife, Madeline. Between the two of them, they have six children, a dog, a cat, a bird, and a goldfish named Simon. Klappentext The systems that make up the accountability package in education: standards, assessments, and the quality determination for a school. In education the misalignment between what the systems were designed to do and the intent of those who selected them is masked in the sheer complexity of the educational exercise. What this book does so marvelously is unravel that complexity and present the contradictions in a clear, coherent manner. This is a book that offers a new theory regarding educational accountability. As a theory, these ideas are not the final word on these topics, and John says as much in the process of sharing his ideas. But these ideas provide strong explanations for the current situation we face in education and provide a pathway for potential solutions. It is a book well worth the time spent to read and one that can fundamentally reshape our thinking about to improve learning for students across the country. -- David J. Ruff, executive director, Great Schools Partnership Tanner gets it. If we want to change and improve our schools, we need to discard the mental models and practices that either freezes most of what we do now in place or tries to force us to work harder at what we already do that already does not work. If we want to change the work we do and change the results we get, we need to change the system. Changing our current system requires we find a new box to think inside of. John Tanner has created a compelling design for a new box. -- Doug Christensen, Nebraska Commissioner of Education, emeritus commissioner of education (Nebraska), professor of leadership in education, graduate division, Doane College John Tanner's shows us just how test scores can be used to improve our schools or to hurt them. This book will be helpful to anyone who wants to become more sophisticated about school accountability and figure out how best to improve educational outcomes for all our children. -- Peg Tyre, author of "The Good School" and "The Trouble With Boys" In true Tanner fashion, there is no holding back. He takes on current school improvement efforts and all the glory that goes with them and reminds the reader that common sense for school reform is being trumped by common practice! It was like reading a novel that I was in. If we all learn something from what is written in this book, schools and our students will have a fighting chance for success. -- Russell J. Quaglia, Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Section 1: Changes to the Educational Improvement Formula Chapter 1:The Educational Formula Chapter 2: The Paradigm Of School Reform Chapter 3: The Trouble With "Rigor" Chapter 4: The Idea of Educational Standards Chapter 5: Standardized Tests Section 2: Accountability Chapter 6: Accountability Within The Educational Formula Chapter 7: The Bigger Idea Of School Accountability Chapter 8: Locating Success Section 3: The Next Generation Of Change: Moving Away From An Unfit Fitness Chapter 9: Fomenting the Right Changes Chapter 10: Cause and Effect and Inefficiencies Conclusion: the birth of something great Afterward: The Future of Schooling Bibliography ...
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John Tanner
