Balanced Assessment: The Key to Accountability and Improved Student Learning

This publication calls for a balance among multiple assessment systems. It describes the key building blocks for building such a system, and discusses the appropriate and inappropriate uses of standardized testing within a balanced system.Also available: What Teachers Need to Know About Assessment - ISBN 081062074X Truth in Labeling: Disproportionality in Special Education - ISBN 0810620405 School Crisis Guide: Help and Healing in a Time of Crisis - ISBN 0810620200The NEA Professional Library is the book publishing arm of the National Education Association. Our books are enjoyed by teachers, education students, education support professionals, higher education faculty and retired educators. Our mission is to provide timely and topical titles that enhance the professional lives of our members.Some of the areas we publish in include:-Classroom Teaching Skills - The NEA Checklist series-Student Achievement-Professional Development-Peer Support-Classroom Management-Assessment & Standards-Based Education-School and Classroom Resources