Popham America's Failing Schools

How Parents and Teachers Can Cope With No Child Left Behind
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-135-93193-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten

In America's "Failing" Schools, W. James Popham provides parents and teachers explanations of No Child Left Behind as a whole, walking them through the implications for standardized testing in particular, in language that is uncomplicated and straightforward. Popham offers definitions of the law and its key terms, explanations of what it really means when a school is labeled "failing," and concrete suggestions for what can be done in response.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Popham, W. James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung Schulevaluation, Schulinspektion
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: The No Child Left Behind Act
1. A Major Education Law's Testing Requirements
2. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): Little Letters--Big Impact
3. Report Cards--And Sanctions
Part Two: Educational Tests: The Heart of the Matter
4. Some Nuts and Bolts of Educational Testing
5. Measuring Temperature With a Tablespoon
6. Today's Standards-Based Tests
7. Instructionally Supportive Accountability Tests
Part Three: Evaluating Schools
8. The Evidence Needed to Evaluate Schools
9. Student Affect
10. Determining a Particular School's Quality
11.Conclusion: What To Do Now?
Additional Reading
Notes

Über Autor(innen)

W. James Popham is a nationally recognized expert on educational testing. For 30 years he taught courses at UCLA in instructional methods for prospective teachers, and courses in evaluation and measurement. He has written 20 books and more than 250 articles, reports, and papers on the subject.