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Formative assessments: real-time responses
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My principal is talking to us about using “formative” assessments. Does this mean taking time away from instruction for more tests? When will I have time to teach? —W.S., Overland Park, KS While…
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Assessments for the Science Process Skills of Inquiry
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Just how well do your young students handle the basic skills of inquiry, from observing and measuring to making models and interpreting data? Assessment for the Science Process Skills of Inquiry gives you ready-to-use…
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Online Supplementary Files 2003-2021
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Online Supplementary Files 2003-2021 July/August 2021Teaching Through Trade Books—Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force PatternsK-23-5Engineering Encounters—Turn Up the Music!Turn Up The Music Supplemental Resources Using Toys to Create a Global ConnectionUsing Toys…
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This new volume from Page Keeley and Cheryl Rose Tobey helps you improve student outcomes with 50 formative assessment classroom techniques (FATS) that are embedded throughout a cycle of instruction. Descriptions of how…
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Making Large-Scale Science Assessment Meaningful
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How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards
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How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are distinct from prior science standards in three essential ways. 1) Performance. Prior standards documents listed what students should “know” or “understand.” These ideas needed to be translated into performances that could…
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Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards
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Assessments, understood as tools for tracking what and how well students have learned, play a critical role in the classroom.Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standardsdevelops an approach to…
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How to Use the Power of Assessing in Your Classroom
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Authors Lisa M. Nyberg and Julie V. McGough have done it again. Dedicated to “all learners who seek answers and love learning,” their latest offering, The Power of Assessing: Guiding Powerful Practices, is another gem…
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Aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment with the NGSS and Framework
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One of the big ideas from my teaching courses was “congruency”—an alignment of curriculum (What content and skills will you teach?), instruction (What learning activities will help students learn and use the content and…