America's "failing" schools : how parents and teachers can cope with No Child Left Behind /

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'No Child Left' Behind, signed into law by President Bush in January 2002, is the most significant education legislation in decades. It calls for substantially expanded student testing, more stringent accountability requirements, and annual school-focused report cards at the state, distric...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Popham, W. James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2004.
Temas:
United States. > No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (United States)
Education > United States > Evaluation.
Education > Standards > United States.
EDUCATION > Teaching Methods & Materials > General.
Education > Evaluation
Education > Standards
United States
Multi-User.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Schools under scrutiny
  • PART I: THE NO-CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT: A major education law's testing requirements
  • Adequately yearly progress (AYP): little letters, big impact
  • Report cards and sanctions
  • PART II: EDUCATIONAL TESTS: THE HEART OF THE MATTER: Some nuts and bolts of educational testing
  • Measuring temperature with a tablespoon
  • Today's standard-based tests
  • Instructionally supportive accountability tests
  • PART III: EVALUATING SCHOOLS: The evidence needed to evaluate schools
  • Student affect
  • Determining a particular school's quality
  • Conclusion: What to do now?

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