Review by Choice Review
Meeting the requirement of the often-quoted educational mandate--use assessment to inform instruction--has been made most difficult by the lack of directives on how to use data to inform instruction. The few texts that have provided information on this topic rarely address the fact that teachers need to know how to prepare their students to take state and national assessments. This volume fills this gap. Tankersley (associate superintendent, educational services, Surprise, Arizona) provides a wealth of resources that enable teachers to create lessons that encourage test-taking practice. The chapters address tips and strategies designed to help teachers connect student performance to student outcomes in language arts, science, social studies, and math. Included are state assessment Web sites, virtual field trips, and rubric Web sites. Most helpful is the chapter entitled "Classrooms that Create Deep Thinkers." This chapter shows teachers how to plan lessons that require student use of higher order thinking skills and that teach students to assess their own performance. This book is an easy-to-read source of information, tips, and strategies meant to help teachers use test results to improve instruction. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections. J. H. McNeill formerly, Azusa Pacific University
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