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Deep Curriculum Alignment: Creating a Level Playing Field for All Children on High-Stakes Tests of Accountability de Fenwick W. English

Deep Curriculum Alignment: Creating a Level Playing Field for All Children on High-Stakes Tests of Accountability

Autor Fenwick W. English, Betty E. Steffy
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mar 2001
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780810839717
ISBN-10: 0810839717
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 154 x 232 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția R&L Education
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Chapter 1 Facing the Scourge of the Test Score Zeitgeist
Chapter 2 Understanding the Dynamics of the Playing Field
Chapter 3 Initiating Actions to Level the Competitive Playing Field
Chapter 4 Engaging in Deep Curriculum Alignment
Chapter 5 Creating a Viable Alternative to Testing as Mass Inspection
Chapter 6 Index

Recenzii

A well-written, thoroughly researched, and highly readable work, Curriculum Alignment challenges educators in K-12 and higher education by raising the level of discussion about ways the curriculum should be aligned to what students need to know.....
In 31 years of teaching and observing and coaching, the processes of teaching and learning have never been more on target since we deeply aligned our curriculum using the process defined by Dr. English...deep alignment of the curriculum is leveling the playing field in Victoria....
Fen English and Betty Steffy skillfully weave theory into practice. They help school practitioners make sense of the political forces at work in today's educational scene. With today's emphasis on testing, school leaders are hell-bent to increase test scores, often creating two school systems in the process-one for the haves and one for the have nots. This book tells us how to remedy the situation....
Our association has sponsored numerous seminars and conducted more than fifty curriculum management audits in Texas schools using the standards developed by Fenwick English. Fenwick English and Betty Steffy are respected authorities in the field of curriculum management. I invite school leaders who are interested in attaining the highest levels of performance to look deeply into their latest book to learn how curriculum alignment can elevate student achievement in a high-stakes environment....
Finally, we have a resource available which will map the critical issues surrounding deep alignment and its pivotal role in leveling the playing field for all students.....