Using Data to Improve Student Learning in Elementary Schools

Using Data to Improve Student Learning in Elementary Schools

Author: Victoria L. Bernhardt

Publisher: Eye On Education

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1930556608

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This book helps you make sense of the data your school collects, including state student achievement results as well as other qualitative and quantitative data. Easy-to-use templates, tools, and examples are available on the accompanying CD-ROM.


Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards

Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards

Author: Joe Crawford

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1452216479

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Avoid "analysis paralysis" and just get started! Now that most states have adopted the new Common Core State Standards, the next major challenge is to simplify and implement them by 2014. That is why it is important to begin this work now. Joe Crawford, Milken Award-winning educator and author of Using Power Standards to Build an Aligned Curriculum, shares his proven process for building a viable local curriculum based on the CCSS. Readers will find: A system for creating local standards from the CCSS Methods for connecting the common, formative assessments to quarterly instructional objectives Ways to scaffold learning expectations Examples taken from districts where CCSS is currently implemented Included are helpful charts and graphs plus access to Internet-based software for mapping the CCSS to curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Schools cannot continue to do what they have always done and expect a different result. This book explains how to facilitate learning for all students while taking advantage of the new culture, technology, and norms of today′s learning environment.


Using Data to Improve Student Learning in Elementary School

Using Data to Improve Student Learning in Elementary School

Author: Victoria Bernhardt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-02

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 131792276X

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This book helps you make sense of the data your school collects, including state student achievement results as well as other qualitative and quantitative data. Easy-to-use templates, tools, and examples are available on the accompanying CD-ROM.


Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs

Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-11-15

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 0309185629

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With the publication of the National Science Education Standards and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics, a clear set of goals and guidelines for achieving literacy in mathematics and science was established. Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs has been developed to help state- and district-level education leaders create coherent, multi-year curriculum programs that provide students with opportunities to learn both mathematics and science in a connected and cumulative way throughout their schooling. Researchers have confirmed that as U.S. students move through the grade levels, they slip further and further behind students of other nations in mathematics and science achievement. Experts now believe that U.S. student performance is hindered by the lack of coherence in the mathematics and science curricula in many American schools. By structuring curriculum programs that capitalize on what students have already learned, the new concepts and processes that they can learn will be richer, more complex, and at a higher level. Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs outlines: Components of effective mathematics and science programs. Criteria by which these components can be judged. A process for developing curriculum that is structured, focused, and coherent. Perhaps most important, this book emphasizes the need for designing curricula across the entire 13-year span that our children spend in elementary and secondary school as a way to improve the quality of education. Ultimately, it will help state and district educators use national and state standards to design or re-build mathematics and science curriculum programs that develop new ideas and skills based on earlier onesâ€"from lesson to lesson, unit to unit, year to year. Anyone responsible for designing or influencing mathematics or science curriculum programs will find this guide valuable.


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Published: 2005

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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Resources to help schools assess and improve its physical activity, health eating, tobacco-use preventionn, safety, and asethma policies and programs.


Leading the Common Core State Standards

Leading the Common Core State Standards

Author: Cheryl A. Dunkle

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1452277419

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Transform your school using proven core curriculum practices This practical guide provides step-by-step guidance for overcoming the barriers to adopting the Common Core State Standards and achieving equity and excellence for all students. An experienced teacher and principal, Cheryl Dunkle shows leaders how to lead implementation of the CCSS and continuous quality improvement in schools. This practical guide addresses these key issues and more: Communicating the CCSS to teachers and parents and attaining their buy-in Transitioning schools and districts to align with the CCSS Determining which teaching and learning practices need to change Garnering resources and support for reforms Included are professional learning resources such as guiding questions, an annotated bibliography, and a list of helpful references.