Testing Too Much? (eBook)

A Principal's Guide to Cutting Back Testing and Reclaiming Instructional Time

Richard Ayers, Barry Sheckley, Philip A. Streifer (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
176 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3368-3 (ISBN)

Infos

There is too much testing in American Public Schools that is robbing teachers of valuable instructional time. Testing Too Much? provides three models to use in cutting back on non-mandated testing by 25% to help school leaders and teachers find ways to improve their instruction and the educational experiences of their students.

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There is too much testing in American Public Schools that is robbing teachers of valuable instructional time. Some of it is mandatory, but the vast majority is not, and under the control of districts, schools and even teachers to reduce. Testing Too Much? provides a rationale and set of three models to use in cutting back on testing to reclaim valuable instructional time. It also includes a high school case study describing how the themes proposed in the book can be accomplished. Instructional time is a complex subject that is discussed in detail and the underlying research why it is so important, especially for disadvantaged children. To address how best to cut back on non-mandated testing there is a chapter, written in plain terms, on how to judge the value of a test. Three models are then discussed on how to approach cutting back on testing by as much as 25% that can recapture as much as ten days or more of instruction during a typical school year. The goal of the book is to help school leaders and teachers find ways, amongst current local testing practices, to cut back, improve their instruction and the educational experiences of their students.

Autor

Philip A. Streifer, PhD, is a consultant, author, recognized educator, and former superintendent of schools in Bristol and Avon, Connecticut and Barrington, Rhode Island. He was Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut and has published several books and articles on assessment, school improvement, and evaluation.

Inhalt

Chapter Three: What is the True Purpose of Schooling?Chapter Six: The Research on Why Time MattersChapter Seven: High School Case StudyChapter Eight: The Pathway to a Positive CultureChapter Nine: What to Do with Reclaimed Instructional TimeChapter Ten: Epilogue: A Retrospective

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.5.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-3368-7 / 1475833687
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-3368-3 / 9781475833683