educational tests and measurements

" ...[Provides] an ... effective approach to professional learning: Collaborative Analysis of Student Learning (CASL). This evidence-based book is fully updated to address the Common Core State Standards. Learn how to: Design a sustainable CASL program based on two decades of nationwide implementation experience; Inquire into student work and assessments to promote learning excellence; Use the CASL Teacher as Collaborative Inquirer framework to promote culturally competent, rigorous teaching; Develop and implement new instructional strategies that mesh with Common Core standards"--Amazon.com.

Shows teachers how to help students set learning goals, and reflect on and chart their learning progress. Also describes how teachers can use that reflection and self-assessment to develop targeted learning plans and determine student mastery. Includes practical tips, creative ideas, and sample reflections from real students.

Examines the controversies surrounding "high-stakes" testing that can deny students promotion to the next grade or graduation, and affect a school's funding. Presents a brief history of testing in America and then describes how these tests discriminate against poor, minority children.

Collects creative ways students have answered difficult exam questions.

A collection of essays that provides varying perspectives on school reform, debating Common Core, teachers' unions, standardized tests, testing to evaluate teachers and schools, school choice, and curriculum content.