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Assessment & Portfolios

Solving the Assessment Puzzle

Solving the Assessment Puzzle

Carolyn Coil

Look at testing from a different perspective -- for ALL students, for students who operate in different learning styles, for those who already test out of standardized tests, for those who need or surpass classroom and district benchmarks.  The work is done for you!  Includes 134 ready-to-use rubrics in all subject areas plus directions for how-to-write your own quality rubrics.  Narrative topics include assessment terms, standardized testing, alternative assessment, standards, and benchmarks.

AL460; Book & CD Set; $36.95


Assessment:  Time Saving Procedures for Busy Teachers

Bertie Kingore

This book provides teacher-useful and student-friendly procedures for implementing authentic assessment. This book contains many of the best answers we have worked out in this collaborative effort. Throughout the book, the magnifying glass graphic is used to alert the reader to tips that especially related to the content being addressed. These tips are simple, little things that teachers reported most helpful in efficiently and successfully implementing their assessments. This book includes more than 125 reproducible forms, posters, and examples for photocopying.

AL401; 218 pages; $32.95




STANDARDS-BASED ACTIVITIES & ASSESSMENTS FOR THE DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOM

Book & CD-ROM for MAC or PC

By Carolyn Coil

“How do we teach Standards-Based education to All students?” Differentiation is the Answer. One strategy, one style, and one assessment do NOT “Fit All.” Standards-based Activities & Assessments provides you with a practical, proven resource . She provides 3 of the most-used Instructional Formats for Differentiation & 49 ready-to-use Differentiated Topic Lessons/Units that include 100’s of activities such as Book Characters, Animals, Civil War, Early Settlers, Geography, Oceans, Space Exploration, Weather, & more topics! This book also includes Specific Activity Assessment Criteria and step-by-step guidelines for writing differentiated activities.

AL 470; 160 pages & CD-ROM; $36.95


Kingore Observation Inventory

Kingore Observation Inventory

Bertie Kingore, Ph.D.

The Kingore Observation Inventory (KOI), which has been revised and expanded, increases teachers' effectiveness in identifying and differentiating instruction for students with gifted potentials by: providing an ongoing series of enriches learning opportunities to all students that elicit advanced potentials; clarifying students' response patterns to look for over time; and implementing standards for observations and student products that document teachers' insights about their students to the other educators.  This easy-to-implement process helps teachers immediately initiate appropriate differentiation in the classroom for students whose learning expectations of the core curriculum.

AL 153; 168 pages; $22.95


Creating Portfolios

Creating Portfolios

Martin Kimeldorf

Portfolios are increasingly present in schools today. in some school districts, they are being mandated into the curriculum. Creating Portfolios helps students to produce meaningful, useful portfolios for a variety of purposes. The student book leads them through a series of exercises that result in a finished, focused portfolio.

AL 266; 88 pages; $12.95


A Teacher's Guide to Creating Portfolios

A Teacher's Guide to Creating Portfolios

Martin Kimeldorf

The Teacher's Guide to Creating Portfolios is your classroom companion to the student book. Together they bridge the gap between theory and practice, giving students hands-on experience with every aspect of the portfolio process. The result: portfolios that promote self-awareness, self-assessment, and communication skills while celebrating students' competencies.

AL 267; 66 pages; $14.95



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