This resource provides a range of practical, replicable processes for collaboratively examining student work, including writing samples, visual work, portfolios and exhibitions. It presents descriptions of teachers engaged in collaborative processes in actual school settings, from early elementary through high school. Reporting on the work of several important school change networks and institutes - and incorporating the perspectives of researchers, teacher educators, administrators and teachers - building an argument for refocusing professional development on the collaborative and reflective ... View More...
Focusing on intersecting issues of nation, race, and gender, this volume inaugurates new models for American literary and cultural history. Subjects and Citizens reveals the many ways in which a wide range of canonical and non-canonical writing contends with the most crucial social, political, and literary issues of our past and present. Defining the landscape of the New American literary history, these essays are united by three interrelated concerns: ideas of origin (where does "American literature" begin?), ideas of nation (what does "American literature" mean?), and ideas of race and gende... View More...
This informative text presents the fundamentals of evaluating teachers. It illustrates how research-based principles from the field of measurement and evaluation can be integrated into evaluation programs to improve classroom instruction. View More...
