Testing, teaching, and learning : a guide for states and school districts / Committee on Title I Testing and Assessment, Board on Testing and Assessment, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; Richard F. Elmore and Robert Rothman, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Title I Testing and Assessment.

Contributor:

Rothman, Robert, 1959-

Elmore, Richard F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special education--Standards--United States.

Special education.

Compensatory education--Standards--United States.

Compensatory education.

Special education--Government policy--United States.

Compensatory education--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 120 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

State education departments and school districts face an important challenge in implementing a new law that requires disadvantaged students to be held to the same standards as other students. The new requirements come from provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of Title I, the largest federal effort in precollegiate education, which provides aid to "level the field" for disadvantaged students. Testing, Teaching, and Learning is written to help states and school districts comply with the new law, offering guidance for designing and implementing assessment and accountability systems. This book examines standards-based education reform and reviews the research on student assessment, focusing on the needs of disadvantaged students covered by Title I. With examples of states and districts that have track records in new systems, the committee develops a practical "decision framework" for education officials. The book explores how best to design assessment and accountability systems that support high levels of student learning and to work toward continuous improvement. Testing, Teaching, and Learning will be an important tool for all involved in educating disadvantaged students-state and local administrators and classroom teachers.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

CHAPTER 2 Toward a Theory of Action

CHAPTER 3 Standards for Student Performance

CHAPTER 4 Assessments of Student Performance

CHAPTER 5 Monitoring the Conditions of Instruction

CHAPTER 6 Adequate Yearly Progress

CHAPTER 7 Accountability

References

Biographical Sketches

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-110) and index.

ISBN:

9780309172868

0309172861

9780309519373

0309519373

9780585144863

0585144869

OCLC:

923256984