The School Leader S Guide To Grading

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Ensure your school’s grading procedures are supportive of learning, accurate, meaningful, and consistent. Discover how the “seven essential Ps” can improve your effectiveness in supporting assessment and communicating student achievement. You will also learn how to avoid inaccurate grades caused by penalties for lateness or academic dishonesty; extra credit; group rather than individual work; and marking down for attendance.

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Genre : Education
Author : Ken O'Connor
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Release : 2012-12-04
File : 130 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781935542513


A School Leader S Guide To Standards Based Grading

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Accurately report students’ academic strengths and weaknesses with standards-based grading. Rather than using traditional systems that incorporate nonacademic factors such as attendance and behavior, learn to assess and report student performance based on prioritized standards. You will discover reliable, practical methods for analyzing what students have learned and gain effective strategies for offering students feedback on their progress.

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Genre : Education
Author : Tammy Heflebower
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Release : 2014-05-30
File : 167 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780985890292


A School Leader S Guide To Implementing The Common Core

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This accessible resource addresses the problems, challenges, and issues that general and special education leaders frequently face on a day-to-day basis in implementing the Common Core standards in their schools. Grounded in best practices from current literature, this text provides leaders with practical solutions to working with teachers and differentiating instruction for all students—including students with special needs, ESL, and ELL learners. A School Leader’s Guide to Implementing the Common Core presents a cohesive framework and offers viable options for effective inclusive instruction based on students‘ varied learning needs. Special Features: Vignettes and "Research-Based Practical Tips" offer concrete connections to school contexts and illustrate practical applications. Explores current trends in Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), and Response to Intervention (RTI), and how they relate to the Common Core Standards. Guides leaders through the development of effective policies for culturally responsive instruction in the classroom.

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Genre : Education
Author : Gloria D. Campbell-Whatley
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2016-02-05
File : 172 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317670698


The School Leader S Guide To Special Education

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Special education is often a confusing and expensive consideration of running a school. You have IEPs and BIPs in place, but are they really working? Find a refresher on the key legal rights of students with disabilities, along with methods for designing and implementing IEPs and BIPs that work, approaches to creating effective instruction and assessment practices, and opportunities for inclusion in the general education classroom.

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Genre : Education
Author : Margaret J. McLaughlin
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Release : 2012-04-12
File : 166 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781935542834


What We Know About Grading

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Grading is one of the most hotly debated topics in education, and grading practices themselves are largely based on tradition, instinct, or personal history or philosophy. But to be effective, grading policies and practices must be based on trustworthy research evidence. Enter this book: a review of 100-plus years of grading research that presents the broadest and most comprehensive summary of research on grading and reporting available to date, with clear takeaways for learning and teaching. Edited by Thomas R. Guskey and Susan M. Brookhart, this indispensable guide features thoughtful, thorough dives into the research from a distinguished team of scholars, geared to a broad range of stakeholders, including teachers, school leaders, policymakers, and researchers. Each chapter addresses a different area of grading research and describes how the major findings in that area might be leveraged to improve grading policy and practice. Ultimately, Guskey and Brookhart identify four themes emerging from the research that can guide these efforts: - Start with clear learning goals, - Focus on the feedback function of grades, - Limit the number of grade categories, and - Provide multiple grades that reflect product, process, and progress criteria. By distilling the vast body of research evidence into meaningful, actionable findings and strategies, this book is the jump-start all stakeholders need to build a better understanding of what works—and where to go from here.

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Genre : Education
Author : Thomas R. Guskey
Publisher : ASCD
Release : 2019-02-04
File : 250 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781416627241


The School Leader S Guide To Building And Sustaining Math Success

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The pressure is on. Principals, expected to improve math performance at their schools, often don't know where to beginas they may be uncomfortable with math themselves—or believe that their schools are already doing all that they can. How can K–12 school leaders recognize and ensure that their school or district is supporting good math instruction? Marian Small and Doug Duff provide the answer to that and other questions in The School Leader's Guide to Building and Sustaining Math Success. Drawing on their vast experience working with administrators, Small and Duff provide practical advice and helpful tools for improving math instruction. They guide you through the initial steps of establishing a strong math culture, developing common tasks, and getting buy-in, and then offer specific suggestions for monitoring, supporting, and sustaining improvement. You'll learn what sort of data to collect, what to look for in the classroom, what to listen for in conversations with teachers and students, and how to deal with reluctant staff or parents. With its real-world examples and insights, this book is essential reading for any principal who wants to bring about positive change and real growth in the teaching and learning of math in their school.

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Genre : Education
Author : Marian Small
Publisher : ASCD
Release : 2018-07-30
File : 184 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781416626930


Resources In Education

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Genre : Education
Author :
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Release : 2001
File : 836 Pages
ISBN-13 : CUB:U183034913803


Curriculum Leadership

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This text helps current and aspiring administrators, teachers, and curriculum directors successfully restructure, enhance, and implement school K–12 curriculum. Now in its Fifth Edition, this foundational book highlights 21st century educational ideas and advocacy, while also remaining focused on tried and true strategies for meeting state and national standards in today’s diverse classrooms. With the support of this thought-provoking and extensively researched text, readers will develop a working and thorough foundation of curriculum to effectively implement in the classrooms of the future.

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Genre : Education
Author : Allan A. Glatthorn
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Release : 2018-07-11
File : 505 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781506363189


School Leadership In The Context Of Standards Based Reform

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“Although standards-based reform emerged in the United States and the United Kingdom, the idea has spread across the world, as an approach to systemic reform. It might appear that there is a world-wide “tsunami” of standards-based reform that will standardize and homogenize the educational system across the globe. This volume makes it very clear, however, that there is no one approach to standards-based reform and countries change – there is a danger in paying attention to its evolution and impact in only one context. That’s what makes this volume so valuable. Louis Volante has drawn together descriptions from a wide range of countries, all involved in large-scale reform and using standards and assessments as part of their process. What becomes very obvious is that the language may be the same but the words reflect different contexts and can represent very different ideals, values, and processes. I’m sure you will find this book as interesting and challenging as I have – a gem that pushes your thinking and does not allow readers to remain neutral.” (Lorna Earl)

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Genre : Education
Author : Louis Volante
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Release : 2012-05-16
File : 271 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789400740952


The New Leader S Guide To Early Childhood Settings

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Learn how to effectively lead and make an impact in early childhood and primary school settings. The New Leader’s Guide to Early Childhood Settings explores how to empower educators and caregivers, advocate for early intervention, promote culturally responsive teaching, and confront common fears and hurdles. Packed with helpful resources and strategies, chapters feature key tips about effective communication, leveraging technology, and questions for reflection. Practical and accessible, this engaging guidebook delivers quick, effective advice whether you're just starting out or are an experienced leader newly jumping into the early years.

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Genre : Education
Author : Elaine Margarita Mendez
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release : 2022-10-18
File : 105 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781000738384