The Best Educational Evaluation & Assessment Guide Books 2024

1. Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - This practical resource book will familiarize teachers, staff developers, and administrators with the latest thinking on alternatives to traditional assessment. It will prepare them to implement authentic assessment in the ESL/bilingual classroom and to incorporate it into instructional planning.

Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

2. Getting Teacher Evaluation Right: What Really Matters for Effectiveness and Improvement, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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Getting Teacher Evaluation Right: What Really Matters for Effectiveness and Improvement, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

3. Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K-12, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - This edition features a new chapter, case studies from all grade levels, and 15 reproducible forms and checklists for optimizing reading assessment efforts.

Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K-12, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

4. Evaluation : A Systematic Approach, Used [Hardcover]

The third edition of this best-selling text in evaluation incorporates the experience that the authors gained from the many evaluations they have undertaken since the first edition. On more than one occasion they found themselves on opposite sides of the table -- representing different agencies involved in a project. Evaluation has changed much in ten years, and this edition reflects those changes: introduction of microcomputers; econometric modelling; political changes and much more. A companion Workbook has been published in conjunction with this edition.

Evaluation : A Systematic Approach, Used [Hardcover]

5. Planning and Conducting Formative Evaluations, Used [Paperback]

Formative evaluation is the process of reviewing of pilot stage courses in order to determine strengths and weaknesses before the programme of instruction is finalized. This text offers practical guidance on the main methods used to gather and analyze data on course effectiveness.

Planning and Conducting Formative Evaluations, Used [Paperback]

6. Practical Evaluation for Educators : Finding What Works and What Doesn′t, Used [Paperback]

This accessible resource presents program evaluation as a trouble-free process that any educator can effectively complete to turn measurable results into meaningful outcomes.

Practical Evaluation for Educators : Finding What Works and What Doesn′t, Used [Paperback]

7. Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools, Used [Paperback]

Practical information for school leaders on how to close the achievement gap is in short supply. This book contains practical tools and strategies that make intuitive sense to educators and are easy to apply in reducing inequities in schools. The authors offer a manageable set of indicators to highlight inequities and that can be used in flexible ways for approaching the unique circumstances of any school. Full of charts, graphs, tools, and support materials, readers will move from an understanding of why equity audits are imperative to an understanding of how to do them and how to narrow the teacher quality, programmatic, and achievement gaps in their schools.

Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools, Used [Paperback]

8. Data-Based Decision Making [Perfect Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. You re ready to start collecting and utilizing school data, but what data? How exactly will you find it, and how will you use it once you have it? This informative resource takes an in-depth look at best data collection practices and guides the elementary school principal on how to reach struggling learners, strengthen instruction, and achieve schoolwide improvement."

Data-Based Decision Making, Used [Perfect Paperback]

9. Classroom Assessment [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Designed for students taking a first course in classroom measurement and assessment, this text shows how assessment principles can be applied to the full range of teacher decision making, not just to formal evaluation of learning. The text has been organized in a manner that follows the natural progression of teacher decision making: from organizing the class as learning community to planning and conducting instruction to formal evaluation of learning and to grading. The goal is to show students that assessment is an ongoing part of their daily decision making.

Classroom Assessment, Used [Paperback]

10. Answers to Essential Questions about Standards, Assessments, Grading, & Reporting [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. How do assessments for learning differ from assessments of learning? What is the purpose of grading? After nearly two decades of immersion in standards-based curriculua and instruction, our nations educators are often still confounded by the (admittedly complex) landscape of standards, assessment, and reporting. Lead author Tom Guskey has a remarkable knack for bringing clarity to even the most complex of concepts. In this brief, practical guide, he and co-author Lee Ann Jung address the frequently-asked questions that almost inevitably surface in his work with school districts, state DOEs, and international agencies. The authors respond to these questions in short, simple, jargon-free, reader-friendly responses that will make sense to all levels of readers. As schools proceed with the implementation of the Common Core curriculum and the use of corresponding assessments, this invaluable guide will help clarify the meaning of these critical issues for key stakeholders and greatly facilitate communication among and between group members.

Answers to Essential Questions about Standards, Assessments, Grading, and Reporting, Used [Paperback]