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Synopsis
Education students can use this practical, example-rich handbook to understand, define, and shape authentic assessment practices for their classrooms. The pages of this book include ten research-based strategies to help future educators teach their students to apply and transfer skills to real-life learning situations.
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Review
"Burke has challenged teachers everywhere to raise their standards and design classroom assessments that show evidence of understanding and performance on complex tasks. The expert examples in this book provide teachers a complete road map so that assessment is truly at the heart of instruction." (Diane Ray, Assistant Director for Teacher Leader Development 2009-04-13)
"An important text. Classroom teachers will find the descriptions and examples very doable and extremely helpful." (Debbie Metcalf, Teacher-in-Residence, East Carolina University 2009-03-03)
"This book will certainly appeal to educators across the nation. The abundance of research and examples will certainly benefit and motivate teachers and administrators." (Lori Grossman, Manager of Mentoring, Professional Development Services 2009-03-03)
"This is the type of text that teachers will keep so that they can reference it in the future." (Kimberly Bright, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Special Education 2009-03-03)
"There is a great deal of practical, useful information that teachers will find valuable." (Steve Reifman, Teacher, Roosevelt School, Santa Monica, CA 2009-03-03)
"A powerful tool with classroom-ready examples that demonstrate sound and valuable assessment practices. It’s a phenomenal resource." (Eileen Depka, Assistant Superintendent 2009-04-13)
“Wow! Burke has written a book for schools that really gets to the point! It is easy to use and rich in resources such as checklists, rubrics, and sample unit designs to help every principal be an effective learning leader and allow teachers to utilize an approach rich in best practices for balanced assessment.” (Lee Adams, Principal 2009-04-13)
About the Author
Kay Burke has served as an award-winning classroom teacher and a school administrator, university instructor, and international professional developer. She works with Kay Burke & Associates, LLC, to provide workshops for teachers and administrators in standards-based learning, performance assessment, classroom management, mentoring, and portfolio development. For the past 18 years, Burke has presented at state and national conferences such as ASCD, NSDC, NAESP, NASSP, NMSA, and IRA as well as international conferences in Canada and Australia. She is the author of 10 professional development books and coauthor of a college textbook on assessment. Corwin Press published Burke's best-selling From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps: Tools for Assessing Student Learning, K–8 (2006) , a 2007 finalist for the Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing presented by the Association of Educational Publishers. Other books published by Corwin Press include How to Assess Authentic Learning, Fourth Edition (2005) and What to Do With the Kid Who: Developing Cooperation, Self-Discipline and Responsibility in the Classroom (Third Edition).
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- PublisherHawker Brownlow Education Pty Ltd
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1741014255
- ISBN 13 9781741014259
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages212
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