Secondary schools Books
The University of Chicago Press The Myth of Achievement Tests
Book SynopsisThe GED is used to grant the status of high school graduate to anyone who passes the test. Recipients account for twelve percent of all high school credentials issued each year in the US. But do achievement tests predict success in life? This book explores how the GED came to be used throughout the US and why our reliance on it is dangerous.
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Turning the Soul Paper Teaching through
Book SynopsisIs our nation's educational system faltering in part because it strives to teach students predetermined right answers to questions? In Turning the Soul, Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon offers and alternative to methods advocated by conventional educational practice. By guiding the reader back and forth between two high school classes discussing Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, she gracefully introduces the alternative approach to education: interpretive discussion. One class, located in a private, racially integrated urban school, has had many conversations about the meaning of books. The second group, less advantaged students in a largely black urban school, has not. The reader watches as students in each group begin to draw upon experiences in their personal lives to speculate about events in the play. The students assist one another with the interpretation of complex passages, pose queries that help sustain the conversation, and struggle to get Shakespeare right. Though the teachers suffer
£33.44
University of Chicago Press Professional Communities the Workd of High
Book SynopsisAmerican high schools have never been under more pressure to reform: student populations are more diverse than ever, resources are limited, and teachers are expected to teach to high standards for all students. With wide-ranging implications, this text looks into teacher communities.
£80.00
MIT Press Ltd Good Reception
£24.65
Savvas Learning Co Connected Mathematics 3 Student Edition Grade 8
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£26.60
Savvas Learning Co Connected Mathematics 3 Student Edition Grade 8
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£26.60
Savvas Learning Co Connected Mathematics 3 Student Edition Grade 8
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£28.26
Savvas Learning Co Onnected Mathematics 3 Student Edition Grade 8
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£26.60
Savvas Learning Co Advanced Placement Calculus 2016 Graphical
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£19.00
Savvas Learning Co Envision Aga Common Core Student Edition Algebra
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£145.69
Savvas Learning Co Envision Aga Student Edition Algebra 2 Grade 1011
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£153.29
Savvas Learning Co Envision Aga Common Core Student Companion
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£32.00
Savvas Learning Co Envision Aga Common Core Student Companion
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£33.59
Savvas Learning Co Autentico 2018 Student Edition Level 3 Grade 612
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£154.01
Savvas Learning Co Autentico 2018 Student Edition Level B Grade 612
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£124.33
Savvas Learning Co Middle Grades World History 2019 National Survey
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£132.39
Savvas Learning Co Myworld Interactive Geography 2019 National
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£139.37
Savvas Learning Co Myworld Interactive Geography 2019 National
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£36.75
Savvas Learning Co Myworld Interactive Geography 2019 National
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£34.87
The University of Michigan Press Reading in Secondary Content Areas
Book SynopsisSuitable for teachers, administrators, and researchers, this book presents a linguistic approach to teaching reading in different subject areas - an approach that focuses on language itself.
£29.41
Arcadia Publishing Olympia High School Campus History
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£21.24
Ags Classic Short Stories High School Math 2011 Algebra 2 Foundations
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£172.80
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Myths of Standardized Tests
Book SynopsisThis book proposes better ways to judge the success of our schools and offering readers suggestions for ways they can help reduce the burden of tests on their children.Trade ReviewJust imagine if half the politicians, administrators, and journalists in this country, so many of whom confuse higher test scores with better schooling, were to read this book. In friendly, accessible prose, Harris, Smith, and Harris examine—and explode—each of the assumptions that underlies standardized testing. The more you learn about the tests themselves, as well as how the results are interpreted and used, the more skeptical you become. And The Myths of Standardized Tests is an excellent way to learn, regardless of whether you’re an educator who’s already knowledgeable . . . or a test-score-citing official who clearly needs to start from scratch. -- Alfie Kohn, author of The Schools Our Children Deserve and Feel-Bad EducationReader-friendly, this book explains what parents and teachers and concerned citizens need to know to work for the survival of public education for democracy. -- Susan Ohanian, educator, activist, and author of "What Happened to Recess and Why Are Our Children Struggling in Kindergarten?"This book is true like a plumb line. With clarity and insight, it drops us right into the heart of the most central emergency we have in public education today—the unrelenting obsession with standardized testing. The authors are extremely well-informed, easy to read, and not afraid to take a stand. What a breath of fresh air! -- Ken Jones, University of Southern MaineThis book takes this thorny topic of standardized testing and covers everything in a sophisticated, nuanced, and lively way. The best on the subject I've yet to come across. -- Deborah Meier, NYU SteinhardtIn the era of No Child Left Behind, the number of books decrying the reliance on standardized testing has ballooned....Here, Harris (executive director, Assn. for Educational Communications & Technology), Bruce Smith (former editor in chief, Phi DeltaKappan), and award-winning elementary school teacher Joan Harris intersperse their own personal experiences with testing among the book's chapters, which detail their evidence on the failures of standardized tests. The final two chapters contain recommended alternative accountability schemes for evaluating the success of students and schools. The book also includes a glossary of terms and a resource guide that lists research centers and organizations that focus on the topic of improving schools and education policy. Thought-provoking reading for educators and parents. * Library Journal *Question: How can a book about educational testing be a “page-turner?” Answer: When it’s written by a trio of smart, test-savvy authors who make a reader want to learn everything treated in this engaging expose of standardized testing’s foibles. Ultra-timely, this book should be mandatory reading for all educators—and everyone else! -- W James Popham, professor emeritus, University of California, Los AngelesIn the era of No Child Left Behind, the number of books decrying the reliance on standardized testing has ballooned....Here, Harris (executive director, Assn. for Educational Communications & Technology), Bruce Smith (former editor in chief, Phi Delta Kappan), and award-winning elementary school teacher Joan Harris intersperse their own personal experiences with testing among the book's chapters, which detail their evidence on the failures of standardized tests. The final two chapters contain recommended alternative accountability schemes for evaluating the success of students and schools. The book also includes a glossary of terms and a resource guide that lists research centers and organizations that focus on the topic of improving schools and education policy. Thought-provoking reading for educators and parents. * Library Journal *The book explains, using a load of research, why high-stakes standardized tests are less objective than many people believe, why they don’t adequately measure student achievement, how the results distort the validity of the assessment system, how these tests “inadvertently” lead young people to become “superficial thinkers,” and much more. The easy-to-read book does not only look at what’s wrong with tests but also discusses what “genuine accountability” looks like. * The Washington Post *Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction: This Is Not a Test Part 2 Chapter 1. Misunderstanding Accountability: The Big Picture Part 3 Chapter 2. The Tests Are Too Narrow Part 4 Chapter 3. The Tests Don't Measure Achievement Adequately Chapter 5 Testing Autobiography: Phil's Story Part 6 Chapter 4. The Tests Are Less Than Objective Chapter 7 Testing Autobiography: Bruce's Story Part 8 Chapter 5. Rewards and Punishments Don't Motivate Chapter 9 Testing Autobiography: Joan's Story Part 10 Chapter 6. The Distortions of High Stakes Part 11 Chapter 7. What's Left Out? Part 12 Chapter 8. Why Not More Direct Measurement? Part 13 Chapter 9. The Tests Don't Predict Well Part 14 Chapter 10. New Ideas for Genuine Accountability Part 15 Chapter 11. What's It All About? Part 16 Resource Guide Part 17 A Medley of Views Chapter 18 'Reading' the Reading Tests Chapter 19 Misunderstood Measurement Mallets Chapter 20 A Use of Tests I Could Support Chapter 21 Within Limits, Tests Can Be Useful Chapter 22 Kids or Cows? Chapter 23 The Tests We Need Today Chapter 24 A Smokescreen Chapter 25 The Game of School Part 26 Say What?: An Abbreviated Glossary
£30.00
Maupin House Publishing Voice Lessons Classroom Activities to Teach
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£20.36
Cengage Learning Secondary School Literacy Instruction The Content
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£249.95
Mariner Books How to Raise Successful People Simple Lessons for
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£22.40
Savvas Learning Co High School United States History Interactive
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£240.69
Savvas Learning Co Magruders American Government 2022 Student Edition
£194.69
Carson Dellosa Education Human Body 100 Seriestm
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£11.69
Carson Dellosa Education Biology 100 Seriestm
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£11.69
Carson Dellosa Education Language Arts Grade 7
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£9.49
Carson Dellosa Education Language Arts Grade 8 Interactive Notebooks
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£9.49
Carson Dellosa Education Ready to Go Guided Reading Infer Grades 5 6
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£17.99
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. Promoting Positive Transition Outcomes: Effective
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£42.38
Arcadia Publishing Charlestons Avery Center From Education and Civil
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£27.99
Mark Twain Media Geometry Basics, Grades 5 - 8
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£11.69
Mark Twain Media Pre-Algebra and Algebra Warm-Ups, Grades 5 - 12
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£11.69
Mark Twain Media Language Arts: Practice and Application, Grade 5
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£11.69
Mark Twain Media Language Arts: Practice and Application, Grade 6
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£11.69
Mark Twain Media U.S. History Puzzles, Book 2, Grades 5 - 8
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£8.54
Mark Twain Media U.S. States and Territories Maps, Grades 5 - 8
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£12.59
Mark Twain Media Poetry Comprehension, Grades 6 - 8
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£9.49
Mark Twain Media Stem Labs for Middle Grades, Grades 5 - 8
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£9.49
Mark Twain Media General Science, Grades 5 - 8: Daily Bell Ringers
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£9.49
Mark Twain Media Math Connections to the Real World, Grades 5 - 8
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£9.49
Mark Twain Media Reading Comprehension Practice, Grade 5
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£11.69
Mark Twain Media Science Warm-Ups, Grades 5-8
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£11.69
Mark Twain Media STEM Labs for Earth & Space Science, Grades 6-8
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£9.49
