Summary
Contents
Subject index
Everything a teacher needs to survive—and thrive!
The Educator's Field Guide helps teachers get off to a running start. The only book that covers all four key cornerstones of effective teaching—organization, classroom management, instruction, and assessment—this handy reference offers a bridge from college to classroom with a hearty dose of practical guidance for teachers who aspire to greatness. At a time when school leaders are pressed to hire and retain high-quality teachers, this guidebook is indispensable for defining and nurturing the qualities teachers strive for and students deserve. Helpful tools include:
Step-by-step guidance on instructional organization, behavior management, lesson planning, and formative and summative assessment; User-friendly taxonomic guides to help readers quickly locate topics; The latest information on student diversity, special needs, and lesson differentiation; Teacher testimonials and examples; Explanations of education standards and initiatives
Each key concept is addressed in a resource-style format with activities and reproducibles that can be customized. Teachers will also find lesson plan templates, graphs, charts, quizzes, and games—all in one easy-to-use source.
Assessment
Unit IV Outline
First: The Basics of Assessment
The Basic Terms
Standardized and Classroom Assessment
Second: Making Assessment a Part of Instruction
The Foundation Ideas
Questions to Ask of Any Test
Now: Writing Tests
The Table of Specifications
Guidelines for Writing Test Items
Summary
Tomorrow: Analyzing the Results of Your Assessment
Reviewing the Summary Statistics
Item Analysis
Summary
Finally: Assessment and the High-Stakes Environment
Teaching, but Not to the Test
How Classroom Assessment Makes Your Life Easier
An “A” for Effort?
Grade Inflation
Unit IV Concept Map
Unit IV Pep Talk
Assessment—you probably hated it when you were in school, and now here you are having to do it to someone else! Actually, assessment has gotten a bad rap. The problem is not so much with the assessing of performance; it's in what we do with that information. But even there we can go ...
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