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"There is now compelling research that assessment can be used to improve both student learning and professional practice. Nancy Sindelar provides practical examples of how teachers, teams, schools, and districts are using assessment to drive continuous improvement."
—Richard Dufour, Educational Author and Consultant
"This book provides specific strategies to unlock the mystery of data, outlining step-by-step processes on how to use it to impact teaching and create tools to keep students actively involved in their improved learning."
—Gail Gorry, Principal
Frontier Elementary School, Payson, AZ
Knowledge is power, and this book puts assessment data and instruction together in a step-by-step format. Instead of dreading the time testing takes from teaching, you can harness its power to define learning targets, build standards-based assessments, gather and use test data in the classroom, and develop data-driven teaching strategies. Assessment expert Nancy W. Sindelar provides practical tools that help teachers:
- Use formative and summative assessment results to enhance instruction
- Motivate students by providing clear learning targets
- Utilize technology to analyze students′ progress
- Raise test scores
Included are testimonials from teachers, numerous data analysis examples, rubrics, and a chapter on culturally diverse schools. Designed to be adaptable, this book is a powerful resource for teachers, teacher teams, and all educators dedicated to enhancing student learning.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781452235820 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Publication date: | 11/19/2010 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 160 |
| File size: | 6 MB |
About the Author
Nancy W. Sindelar is consultant to schools across the country in the areas of standards-based curriculum and assessment alignment (including alignment to the Common Core State Standards), collection, use and interpretation of student test data, teacher mentorship and the development of high-performing teacher teams. By focusing on data-driven instruction, She has helped schools move from state academic “watchlists’ to “most improved status, based on state test scores.
Sindelar is an Executive Consultant on assessment for the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). The author of Using Test Data for Student Achievement: Answers to No Child Left Behind, she also teaches graduate courses at California State University and Roosevelt University, specializing in leadership of effective organizations, school supervision, school law, school curriculum and educational assessment.
She brings more than thirty years’ experience in public education, as a teacher, department chair, assistant principal and assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and assessment as well as a university professor. She received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, a master’s degree from DePaul University, a certificate of advanced studies from Concordia University, and a doctor of philosophy degree from Loyola University of Chicago. She was a visiting scholar with the English faculty at Cambridge University, England, served a four-year term as president of Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy Alumni Board and currently is a board member of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park.
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Using the Power of Assessment
Step One: Become Familiar With Student Assessment Data and Learn to Use It to Enhance Your Teaching.
Step Two: Develop an Efficient System for Collecting Meaningful Student Test Data.
Step Three: Learn How to Use Student Test Data as an Individual Teacher, a Team Member, and as Part of a Schoolwide Initiative.
Chapter One Rubric: Using the Power of Assessment
Reflections
2. Creating a Data-Driven Instructional System
Step One: Define Your Learning Targets
Step Two: Begin Building Your Standards-Based Assessments
Step Three: Align Your Curriculum With Learning Targets and Assessments
A Word About Curriculum Mapping
Chapter Two Rubric: Creating a Data-Driven Instructional System
Reflections
3. Making Data-Driven Decisions in the Classroom
Using Formative Assessment Data to Immediately Inform Teaching
Using Formative Assessment Data to Inform Teaching Over Time
Benchmark Assessments
Test Reports
Rubric-Graded Assessments
Chapter Three Rubric: Making Data-Driven Decisions in the Classroom
Reflections
4. Empowering Students With the Results of Their Learning
Step One: Eliminate "Mystery Teaching" by Providing Students With Clear and Consistent Standards-Based Learning Targets and Assessments
Step Two: Give Students Specific Feedback Regarding Their Progress Toward Learning Targets in a Timely and Caring Manner and in a Format That Is Understandable to Them
Step Three: Give Students Opportunities to Self-Assess and Improve Their Work
Step Four: Provide Interventions to Help Students Reach Learning Targets in a Timely Manner
Chapter Four Rubric: Empowering Students With the Results of Their Learning
Reflections
5. Powering Achievement in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
Step One: Become a "Cultural Broker"
Step Two: Analyze the Needs of Subgroups Through the Use of Disaggregated Test Data
Step Three: Address the Needs of Subgroups by More Accurately Measuring What Students Know Rather Than Their Ability to Communicate Their Knowledge in Standard English
Chapter Five Rubric: Powering Achievement in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
Reflections
6. Harnessing the Power of Collective Wisdom
Data-Driven Changes in Curriculum and Instruction
Data-Driven Staff Development Initiatives
Data-Driven Student Interventions
Making the Most of Team Time
Chapter Six Rubric: Harnessing the Power of Collective Wisdom
Reflections
Glossary of Terms
References
Index