March 1999 | Volume 56 | Number 6

Using Standards and Assessments

Feature Articles

Perspectives / Measures and Mismeasures

Marge Scherer

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Why Standardized Tests Don't Measure Educational Quality

W. James Popham

Using test scores to judge a staff's effectiveness reveals a lack of understanding of test design, this expert on testing says.

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Realizing the Promise of Standards-Based Education

Mike Schmoker and Robert J. Marzano

Focus on measurable results, not on covering every standard, these authors recommend.

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Keeping It Simple and Deep

Richard Strong, Harvey Silver, Matthew Perini, Basho, Issa and Onitsura

Meshing abstract standards with practical needs requires balancing the tension between the ideal and the real.

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School Leaders Look at Student Work

Beth I. Graham and Kevin Fahey

Rich conversations about instructional strategies ensue when administrators closely examine student work.

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Core Knowledge and Standards: A Conversation with E.D. Hirsch Jr.

John O'Neil

The author of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know updates readers on the progress of Core Knowledge Schools.

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We Need Not Exclude Anyone

Jacqueline Farmer Kearns, Harold L. Kleinert and Sarah Kennedy

Kentucky leads the way in demonstrating how students with exceptional needs can participate in a statewide assessment system.

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Reforming the Kindergarten Round-Up

Susan Sidney Smith

When 5-year-olds come with their parents to preview school, screening for readiness is not the most productive use of the time.

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No Shortcuts to Success

Peter R. Berendt and Barry Koski

A task force implemented a partnership with teachers, students, and parents that increased reading scores dramatically.

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The Technology-Reading Connection

Robert Alfaro

By analyzing student performance, a low-performing district recognized its priority and proceeded to improve reading instruction.

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Grading in a Standards-Based System

Susan A. Colby

Elementary school teachers revised their reporting system to better assess their students' achievement of standards.

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Using Assessments to Improve Equity in Mathematics

Karen Cole, Janet Coffey and Shelley Goldman

In an Antarctica project, middle school students design a research station for scientists and learn to use assessments to extend their understanding of mathematics.

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A Contract for the High School Classroom

Allison Zmuda and Mary Tomaino

Team teachers who revamped their curriculum to be performance-based helped their students gain more control of their learning.

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If We Build It, Will They Come?

Suzanne Tacheny

How does a leader instill accountability?

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Service Learning Makes the Grade

Rich Cairn and Susan Cairn

From gardening projects to assisting preschoolers, authentic work blends well with performance assessment.

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Eugene's Story: A Case for Caring

Vickie Dodds Urban

A teacher ponders, What are the real indicators of success with a student?

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Reflection in an Age of Assessment

Joseph Angaran

Tests, more often than not, are the special events of the school week, this teacher laments.

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The End of the Never-Ending Line

Steven Levy

Frustrated by a constant stream of children asking him to approve their work, a teacher devised a simple task to make his students aware of the importance of doing their best.

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Special Topics

Special Topic / Schools for the Visually Disabled: Dinosaurs or Mainstays?

Michael J. Bina

What seems like a restrictive environment may actually be the most productive school setting for some visually impaired students.

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A Response / How Sound Is High/Scope Research?

Siegfried Engelmann

The link between preschool experience and adult criminal behavior is improbable and unproven, this author asserts.

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Departments

ASCD Annual Photo Contest

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Policy Link / The 106th Congress: What to Watch

Arnold F. Fege

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Web Wonders

Judy Walter

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Letters

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Reviews

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ASCD in Action

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Portfolio

Joan Montgomery Halford

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