Candidates who first encounter PACT frequently ask, where did it come from? How was PACT created and developed? How will I be evaluated?Guide to PACT: Performance Assessment for California Teachers is the only book that fully addresses these questions and brings together the history, features, research, and applications of PACT, providing preservice and inservice teachers with a comprehensive ";how-to"; for understanding and using PACT effectively. Guide to PACT: Performance Assessment for California Teachers is an essential primer organized around the topics most frequently asked about PACT, including the research behind it, definitions and descriptions, useful examples of the PACT Teaching Event, academic language, an explanation of how the Teaching Event is scored, and next steps for further study and review. Preservice or student teachers, faculty members, or teacher prepa
Judy Lombardi is an Associate Professor of Secondary Education at California State University. Judy has over 30 years experience teaching in public schools and at the university level. Judy's interests include pre-service teacher training, critical thinking, and brain-based research in education.