Using Test Data for Student Achievement: Answers to No Child Left Behind

Nancy W. Sindelar

doi:10.5771/9781607099628

Summary

Schools are drowning in test data, but many schools do little with test results other than sort students into various categories of proficiency or lack thereof. Some educators feel testing has taken the joy out of teaching. Others believe valuable instructional time has been lost as a result of testing. Yet, NCBL and other federal and state mandates have placed educators under increasing pressure to make certain all students meet standards on high-stakes tests.

Now, more than ever, teachers and administrators need to embrace testing as a valuable classroom tool to guide instruction, use efficient technological resources available for test scoring and analysis, and profit from the benefits of test analysis to increase learning and achievement.

Using Test Data for Student Achievement shows educators, step by step, how to use test data to facilitate student learning. The book combines research, technology and Sindelar's experience as a teacher and administrator to provide practical and efficient ways to use test data to increase learning, close achievement gaps and even raise test scores.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 2/2011
Copyright Year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-1-60709-961-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-60709-962-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 172
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
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1. Checklist for Building Consensus and Ownership in a Data-driven Instructional Process No access
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2. Checklist for Developing Standards-based Common Curriculum and Assessments No access
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2. Checklist for Building and Using Common Assessments No access
1. Checklist for Gathering and Analyzing and Using Test Data No access
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2. Checklist for Using Test Data No access
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2. Checklist for Nurturing a Culture of Accountability and Achievement No access
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2. Checklist for Helping Parent Understand and Embrace the Benefits of Test Results No access
Appendix No access Pages 163 - 164
References No access Pages 165 - 168
Index No access Pages 169 - 170
About the Author No access Pages 171 - 172