|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1 Design and Implement Assessment System School leadership designs and implements an assessment system that supports the needs of all stakeholders (i.e., students, teachers, administrators, parents, governing board members, community members) when appropriate. 
Suggested Evidence
Level of Performance: Exceeds Standards
Related Resources Tools Helping Every Student Succeed: Schools and Communities Working Together This article describes how community-wide study circles in which large numbers of community members simultaneously meeting in small groups can be used to discuss how all students in the community can succeed academically and develop specific actions to meet those goals. Publication Date: 2002 Publisher: Study Circles Resource Center, Topsfield Foundation, Inc. Making Data Work: A Parent and Community Guide This guide shows how data on their children’s education is important for parents, how to interpret both individual student and schoolwide data, and how that data can be used. Publisher: Education Trust Sample Parent Communication Log This tool provides a sample parent communication log. Remember to keep an individual log for each student, contact parents immediately if you have concerns about their child, and make sure to list the reason for contacting that parent. Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Education World Articles NEW! A Summary of Nine Key Studies: Multi-Tier Intervention and Response to Intervention for Students Struggling in Mathematics This report summarizes nine studies regarding evidence-based practices for Tier 2 interventions, as well as explains how to use RTI to help students struggling to learn mathematics. Author: Benjamin Clarke, Russell Gersten, and Rebecca Newman-Gonchar Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Center on Instruction NEW! Assessments to Guide Adolescent Literacy Instruction This guide provides information about the key elements of a comprehensive assessment plan to improve literacy instruction for adolescents. Author: Debra Houston Miller and Joseph K. Torgesen Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Center on Instruction NEW! Meaningful Measurement: The Role of Assessments in Improving High School Education in the Twenty-First Century This publication discusses assessments that measure college and career readiness, performance assessments, benchmark assessments, assessing high school students who are English language learners and students with disabilities, and the benefits of international assessments. Author: Lyndsay M. Pinkus Publisher: Alliance for Excellent Education Assessment FOR Learning, the Achievement Gap, and Truly Effective Schools "As the mission of schools changes from ranking students to ensuring that all learn to specified standards, Mr. Stiggins argues that the purpose and form of assessments must change as well." Author: Rick Stiggins Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: ETS Co-Constructing Family Involvement In order to discuss the co-construction of home-school partnerships to support children’s learning and development, the authors of this article point out 5 constructs that can serve children from kindergarten through high school. Author: M. Elena Lopez, Holly Kreider, and Margaret Caspe Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) Foundations for Success: Case Studies of How Urban School Systems Improve Student Achievement This report examines the experiences of three large urban school districts that have raised academic performance for their district as a whole while also reducing racial differences in achievement. Author: Jason Snipes, Fred Doolittle, and Corinne Herlihy Publication Date: 2002 Publisher: MDRC Helping Students Cope with Test Anxiety This article discusses the characteristics of test anxiety and provides some suggestions to help students overcome the fear of testing. Author: Henry L. Harris and Doris R Coy Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Helping Students Understand Assessment This article states that formative assessments promote learning when they help students address where they are going, where are they now, and they how can close that gap. Author: Jan Chappuis Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported By Rigorous Evidence: A User Friendly Guide This Guide provides educational practitioners with user-friendly tools to distinguish practices supported by rigorous evidence from those that are not. Author: Institute of Education Sciences Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences Improving Teaching and Learning with Data-Based Decisions: Asking the Right Questions and Acting on the Answers This article discusses the importance of developing questions, collecting and analyzing data, and providing staff support to make effective use of the data when using a data-based assessment. Author: Nancy Protheroe Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: Educational Research Service Interim Assessments: A User's Guide The author argues that in order to reduce achievement score gaps, we must advocate rebalancing assessment priorities to bring classroom assessment into the equation. Author: Kim Marshall Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: Phi Delta Kappa Narrowing the Literacy Gap in Middle and High School: A Framework for School-Wide Intervention This article disucsses the importance of providing a coherent and coordinated school-wide literacy acceleration program that increases the amount of time, teaching, and practice available to all struggling readers. Author: Kevin Feldman Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: California Services for Technical Assistance and Training Parent Partners: Using Parents to Enhance Education (to edit this resource, contact WestEd) Publication Date: 1999, March Publisher: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Supporting Ways Parents and Families Can Become Involved in Schools Parent involvement creates a huge impact on students' attitude, attendance, and academic achievement. This critical issue reading gives ideas on how teachers can create a better partnership with families. Publication Date: 1996 Publisher: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) Tapping into the Power of Longitudinal Data This article discusses the benefits of a longitudinal data system. Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: National Association of Secondary School Principals The ABCs of RTI: A Guide for Parents This document provides information regarding the use of RTI to identify and instruct children with specific learning disabilities. Author: Donald D. Deshler, Melinda A. McKnight, and Daryl F. Mellard Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities The Home and School Team This article provides strategies and resources parents can use to understand the types of assessments that are used in schools. Author: Roberta Furger Publication Date: 2002 Publisher: Edutopia Using a Classroom Webpage to Communicate with Parents Parent communication has always been an important factor in supporting a child's education. This article discusses ways that teachers can use a classroom website to convey daily or weekly information to parents. Author: Sydney Brown Publisher: LearnNC- University of North Carolina Using Data in Leadership for Learning This article discusses the challenges involved in using data effectively as well as the important role data plays in school reform. Author: Lorna Earl and Michael Fullan Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Cambridge Journal of Education Useful Links Homework Tips for Parents Homework has been a part of students' lives since the beginning of formal schooling in the United States. However, the practice has sometimes been accepted and other times rejected, both by educators and parents. This document presents research concerning homework, and gives examples of how parents can express positive attitudes about the value of success in school to their children. Publication Date: 2003, May Publisher: U.S. Department of Education RTI Action Network The RTI Action Network is a foundation based on the implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) in school districts. Science Resource Page This page provides links to help teachers implement the Arizona Science Standard, including links to the Science Standard, AIMS information related to science, ADE professional development opportunities, state and national organizations, and resources for science teachers. Publisher: Arizona Department of Education Tool Kit for Hispanic Families This toolkit provides information on what to expect from schools, teachers and children. It also provides ways to help your child through school, what resources are available, and what your family and community can do to help in the learning process. Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved. |
|
|
 |
||||
