This concise guide for parents and community members demystifies the buzzwords that confront us all in everyday headlines: standards, tests, equity, data, accountability, adequate yearly progress, No Child Left Behind, and more. Written in a reader-friendly style by expert educator and best-selling author Donna Walker Tileston, this guide gives all parents the tools and resources they need to understand how their children are being taught as well as checklists of essential questions to ask when they need more answers than they're being given. Topics include: o Accessing and understanding…mehr
This concise guide for parents and community members demystifies the buzzwords that confront us all in everyday headlines: standards, tests, equity, data, accountability, adequate yearly progress, No Child Left Behind, and more. Written in a reader-friendly style by expert educator and best-selling author Donna Walker Tileston, this guide gives all parents the tools and resources they need to understand how their children are being taught as well as checklists of essential questions to ask when they need more answers than they're being given. Topics include: o Accessing and understanding standards and benchmarks o Understanding how their schools use standards for teaching and testing o Knowledge and skills their children need to be taught o How to help their children prepare for high-stakes tests o What to do if their schools do not make adequate yearly progress o Putting together the questions they need to ask teachers and principals during parent conferences o Resources for understanding the answers they receive This well-priced book covers what every parent should know about schools today.
Donna Walker Tileston is a veteran teacher and administrator. She is currently the president of Strategic Teaching and Learning, a consulting firm that provides services to schools throughout the United States and worldwide. Donna's publications include Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies (2000), which has been on Corwin's bestseller list since its first year in print, in addition to the ten-volume award-winning series What Every Teacher Should Know, now in its second edition. Other recent titles are Teaching Strategies for Active Learning (2006), Teaching Strategies that Prepare Students for High Stakes Tests (2008), and Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap (2009). Donna received her BA from the University of North Texas, her MA from East Texas State University, and her EdD from Texas A & M University-Commerce. She may be reached at www.whateveryteachershouldknow.com
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Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter One: Whose Standards? The History Behind School Standards No Child Left Behind How To Access The Standards For Your Child's School National Standards Chapter Two: Why Standards Are Important to Education How Standards Help Produce Alignment That Leads to Equity Alignment in the Classroom Standards as a Measuring Rod for Schools Why Adequate Yearly Progress Matters What To Do If Adequate Yearly Progress Is Not Being Achieved Why Alignment Is Important The Reality of Alignment Five Things Parents Can Do Chapter Three: Standards and Alignment The Format Of Standards and Benchmarks How Standards Are Used as a Guide for What Teachers Teach Why The Instructional Practice Is Important to Student Success How Standards Are Used as a Guide for What Teachers Assess What Does The Research Say is the Best Way to Teach Vocabulary? What Processes Will Students Need To Know? Chapter Four: Asking the Right Questions What are the Standards and Benchmarks for My State's Schools? How do I Know That My Child's School is Teaching to the State Standards? What Do I Need to Know About the High Stakes Test Given in My State? What Information Do I Need at the Local School Level? What Other Information is Important to Examine on the School's State Report Card? How Can I be Sure That My Child's School Keeps Current With Quality Research on Learning? What Questions Should I Ask When Adequate Yearly Progress Is Not Being Achieved? What Can We Do To Improve the Education System? Where Can I Go For More Information? What If? Chapter Five: Helping Your Child Master High Stakes Tests Know the Vocabulary Practice Compare and Contrast Pay Attention to Your Child's Stress Levels Glossary References Index
Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter One: Whose Standards? The History Behind School Standards No Child Left Behind How To Access The Standards For Your Child's School National Standards Chapter Two: Why Standards Are Important to Education How Standards Help Produce Alignment That Leads to Equity Alignment in the Classroom Standards as a Measuring Rod for Schools Why Adequate Yearly Progress Matters What To Do If Adequate Yearly Progress Is Not Being Achieved Why Alignment Is Important The Reality of Alignment Five Things Parents Can Do Chapter Three: Standards and Alignment The Format Of Standards and Benchmarks How Standards Are Used as a Guide for What Teachers Teach Why The Instructional Practice Is Important to Student Success How Standards Are Used as a Guide for What Teachers Assess What Does The Research Say is the Best Way to Teach Vocabulary? What Processes Will Students Need To Know? Chapter Four: Asking the Right Questions What are the Standards and Benchmarks for My State's Schools? How do I Know That My Child's School is Teaching to the State Standards? What Do I Need to Know About the High Stakes Test Given in My State? What Information Do I Need at the Local School Level? What Other Information is Important to Examine on the School's State Report Card? How Can I be Sure That My Child's School Keeps Current With Quality Research on Learning? What Questions Should I Ask When Adequate Yearly Progress Is Not Being Achieved? What Can We Do To Improve the Education System? Where Can I Go For More Information? What If? Chapter Five: Helping Your Child Master High Stakes Tests Know the Vocabulary Practice Compare and Contrast Pay Attention to Your Child's Stress Levels Glossary References Index
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