Why do testing and accountability efforts in today's schools fail? In Deep Curriculum Alignment, English and Steffy explore the flaws in state mandated testing, advocating a more comprehensive approach to teaching and testing. This highly practical book will guide you into a deeply aligned curriculum that produces academic results and a level playing field. Each chapter covers principles of testing and curriculum building, and concludes with a summary of the key concepts presented. The authors survey various studies, present the ethical dilemmas involved in testing, and present a step-by-step guide to pedagogical parallelism and alignment.

Deep Curriculum Alignment

Education & Teaching

English, Fenwick W.

Steffy, Betty E.

Schools & Teaching

R&L Education

Why do testing and accountability efforts in today's schools fail? In Deep Curriculum Alignment, English and Steffy explore the flaws in state mandated testing, advocating a more comprehensive approach to teaching and testing. This highly practical book will guide you into a deeply aligned curriculum that produces academic results and a level playing field. Each chapter covers principles of testing and curriculum building, and concludes with a summary of the key concepts presented. The authors survey various studies, present the ethical dilemmas involved in testing, and present a step-by-step guide to pedagogical parallelism and alignment.

Skills for successful school leaders

Hoyle, John

American Association of Scho

American Association of School Administrators

This resource is the most important book in years focusing on the on preparation and development of school leaders. Comprehensive in scope and extremely readable, "Skills for Successful 21st Century School Leaders" provides a complete overview of the knowledge base and skills for successful school leaders. The publication is based on the standards recently developed by AASA, ISLLC, NPBEA, NCATE and state education agencies. The use of these standards will develop school leaders who can help build learning communities for all students. Current and future school leaders, professors and state and national educational agency administrators will find this an extremely valuable resource. So too will graduate students in educational leadership who seek a text that will guide them through the comprehensive written and oral examinations.

Skills for Successful 21st Century School Leaders

Business & Money

Hoyle, John R.

Skills

Amer Assn School Administrator

The inside story of a major reform action.

The Kentucky Education Reform

How does the need to show that all children are learning affect testing and test results? Has curriculum become the means to separate students by socioeconomic status? How can alignment and accountability work together to achieve world-class standards? By presenting these and other concerns regarding world-class standards of continuous improvement, this book places curriculum within the context of schools and school systems (organizational relationships) and provides information on how to assess your school.

Curriculum and Assessment for World-Class Schools: The School Leader's Library: Leading for Learning

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

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