Includes five articles that discuss (1) outcomes assessment in higher education; (2) the librarian's role in academic assessment and accreditation; (3) what library skills to teach high school students; (4) an innercity high school library programs; and (5) accountability for bibliographic instruction programs in academic libraries. (69…

Examines two student assessment problems (differentiating between assessment and evaluation and linking assessment to instruction and curriculum) and presents characteristics of authentic assessment in physical education, offering suggestions for restructuring teacher education to include formative assessment. (SM)

This article reports perceptions of a first-year teacher of students with learning disabilities. First-year challenges are described, as well as views on assessment, accountability, and inclusion. Recommendations are made for new teachers and steps that teacher educators, school administrators, and experienced teachers can take to ensure the…

These steps are described for implementation: inform stakeholders of the importance of alternate assessments, educate all students to high standards, identify partners to support participants, use a practical process to decide eligibility, develop standards-based Individualized Education Programs, use a variety of assessment strategies, use scores…

This new edition of John C. Daresh's bestseller provides the resources needed to become a strong and effective leader. The reader will find out have they can: (1) Manage others' expectations as principal; (2) Master the technical skills necessary to run a school; (3) Create and clarify a personal professional growth plan; (4) Work effectively…

Student assessment, from the classroom to the state and national levels, is changing. The era of norm-referenced, multiple choice, standardized tests may be coming to an end, to be replaced by other forms of assessment, not all equally good. This guide outlines a vision of what assessment in the service of learning can be and provides ideas,…

The 25 chapters in this handbook examine evaluation purposes, processes, and methods, and discuss how they shape the implementation and outcomes of evaluation. Following an introduction in chapter 1, the nine chapters in Part I consider the purposes of evaluation. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 are concerned with the evaluation processes that determine…

This kit contains a guide and materials for a workshop on the requirements of a schoolwide project under Chapter 1 (Hawkins Stafford Act of 1988). Included are the Presenter's Guide, nine transparencies, and one handout. Schoolwide projects are allowed to use Chapter 1 funds to upgrade the entire educational program of a school when several…

According to pioneers in the effective-schools movement, every school can improve educational quality for all its students, including poor and minority children, by incorporating a set of essential, research-identified characteristics present in successful schools. This publication discusses basic elements of the ongoing effective-schools movement…

Contributions of participants in a three-day invitational symposium for representatives of the 21 California high schools which were most successful in sending Black and Hispanic students to the University of California and the California State University are compiled in this document. The publication addresses two major goals of the California…

The monograph interprets individualized education program (IEP) requirements of Part B of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. After introductory information outlining the purpose of the IEP and basic IEP requirements, a question and answer format of 60 questions provides specific details. Nine inserts highlight major…

Monitoring is an ongoing and systematic activity which provides school districts, private schools, private Early Childhood Services operators, and Alberta Education with information needed to determine whether policies and programs are being implemented as planned, are meeting basic Provincial requirements, and what improvements are needed.…

A revised user manual for the Planning, Budgeting, and Monitoring (PBM) process of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is presented. The logical development of NTID's tactical, one-year planning process is outlined, along with activities (e.g., interdivisional planning) and products (e.g., mission profile). For each chapter,…

The Florida Statewide Assessment Program, a result of the Educational Accountability Act of 1971, collects and reports information annually concerning student achievement in the basic skills areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. This publication was prepared for counselors and other school personnel as a resource manual with the following…

Legal issues relevant to experiential learning are identified to help program administrators know when to seek expert assistance and advice. Much of the law of experiential learning is based on specific statutory provisions and decisions. The student involved in experiential learning may assume certain learning outcomes very different from those…