{"product_id":"curriculum-and-assessment-policy-20-questions-for-board-members-9781578862092","title":"Curriculum and Assessment Policy: 20 Questions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost school boards delegate curriculum and assessment to school administrators, which in effect, lowers standards and leads to aggressive intervention by policy makers at the state and federal levels. This book is designed to stimulate and assist local boards in the proper exercise of their legal authority over curriculum and assessment. It discusses why non-educators should govern the core of every school by determining what is to be learned and whether it is being learned, and how the work of the board can be divided from the work of the superintendent on such matters. Features: A graphic essay dividing the governing responsibilities of a board of education from the administrative responsibilities of the superintendent, 20 key policy questions that every board should answer, Alternate policy positions a board might consider adopting with alternative positions supported by appropriate arguments, Samples of actual policies adopted by boards to govern curriculum and illustrate the level of detail and the writing style boards might want to use for its own policies. This book will assist school board members, superintendents, curriculum directors and specialists, and testing directors, raise standards for learning in local schools.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...a welcome tool for boards and superintendents who wish to improve and strengthen their respective roles and responsibilities. -- Gene Spanneut, Ed.D., assistant professor, State University of New York, College at Brockport\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 A Job for Civilians Part 2 The Policy Clock Chapter 3 Overview of the Policy Clock Chapter 4 12 O'Clock—Goals and Objectives Chapter 5 2 O'Clock—Policies Chapter 6 4 O'Clock—Regulations Chapter 7 6 O'Clock—Operations Documents Chapter 8 8 O'Clock—Process Reports with Standards Chapter 9 10 O'Clock—Product Reports with Standards Part 10 How To Use the Discussion Guides Chapter 11 Issue 1: The Board's Point of Entry Chapter 12 Issue 2: The Curriculum Revision Schedule Chapter 13 Issue 3: An Obligation or Option for Teachers Chapter 14 Issue 4: State Curriculum Standards as a Source of Curriculum Objectives Chapter 15 Issue 5: Other Sources of Curriculum Objectives Chapter 16 Issue 6: Difficulty of the Objectives Chapter 17 Issue 7: Affective Objectives Chapter 18 Issue 8: Teaching Schedule for the Objectives Chapter 19 Issue 9: Guiding Instruction Chapter 20 Issue 10: Communication to Parents Chapter 21 Issue 11: National, State, and District Tests Chapter 22 Issue 12: The Amount of Testing Time Chapter 23 Issue 13: Types of Assessments for Measuring and Judging Learning Chapter 24 Issue 14: Types of Questions in Traditional Paper-and-Pencil District Tests Chapter 25 Issue 15: Test \"Forms\" and Test Question \"Pools\" Chapter 26 Issue 16: Board Inspection of Actual Tests Chapter 27 Issue 17: Frequency of Measurement Chapter 28 Issue 18: Sampling Students Chapter 29 Issue 19: Setting Standards Chapter 30 Issue 20: Analyses, Interpretaions, and Recommendations Accompanying Test Results Part 31 Sample Documents for Board Members","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041484276055,"sku":"9781578862092","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781578862092.jpg?v=1750950456","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/curriculum-and-assessment-policy-20-questions-for-board-members-9781578862092","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}