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Testing Too Much?

A Principal's Guide to Cutting Back Testing and Reclaiming Instructional Time

By: Philip A. Streifer,Barry Sheckley,Richard Ayers

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Testing Too Much?

A Principal's Guide to Cutting Back Testing and Reclaiming Instructional Time

By: Philip A. Streifer,Barry Sheckley,Richard Ayers

There is too much testing in American Public Schools that is robbing teachers of valuable instructional time. Some of it is mandatory, but the vast majority is not, and under the control of districts, schools and even teachers to reduce. Testing Too Much? provides a rationale and set of three models to use in cutting back on testing to reclaim valuable instructional time. It also includes a high school case study describing how the themes proposed in the book can be accomplished. Instructional time is a complex subject that is discussed in detail and the underlying research why it is so important, especially for disadvantaged children. To address how best to cut back on non-mandated testing there is a chapter, written in plain terms, on how to judge the value of a test. Three models are then discussed on how to approach cutting back on testing by as much as 25% that can recapture as much as ten days or more of instruction during a typical school year. The goal of the book is to help school leaders and teachers find ways, amongst current local testing practices, to cut back, improve their instruction and the educational experiences of their students.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475833687

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9781475833683

Improving Employee Development

Perspectives from Research and Practice

By: Barry G. Sheckley,Morris T. Keeton

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Perspectives from Research and Practice

By: Barry G. Sheckley,Morris T. Keeton

Providence: The Journey, the Discovery and the Destination is a true story. It is an inspirational story that depicts the revelations that a man named William Francis experienced over the course of his life. William came to realize how the LORD GOD was working in his life; finally understanding why HE led him through what he perceived to be deserts and wildernesses at various stages of his life. It demonstrates how God showed him that even when he felt abandoned and unloved, that it was indeed HE, the LORD GOD Almighty, who had brought him through those places. Along the way he makes discoveries that enhance his and his family's lives through divine revelations about where God was leading him...his destination. William's journey began at a very young age. His was the journey of a restless soul whose destination would be the discovering of the truth about the real JESUS. In the process, he discovers the truth about himself and his true purpose in life. William would encounter many trials, tribulations and disappointments on his journey, but he would ultimately come to a place of acceptance with himself. And eventually he would come to experience a genuine personal relationship with GOD; a relationship which produced times of happiness and joy, perpetual love and internal peace of mind, and relief of conscience even in times of crisis. In hindsight, William realized that GOD was guiding and directing his path. All the while, GOD was teaching him how to live a fulfilled life. Though some of the lessons were hard learned, it was all for his good.

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0759635595

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Breakfast in the Ruins

By: Barry N. Malzberg

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Breakfast in the Ruins

By: Barry N. Malzberg

Barry N. Malzberg reflects back over four decades of writing science fiction, giving an insider's view of the field during that time which few can match, both for its authority and for the sharp and witty way he describes the highs and lows of one science fiction writer's career. He also writes vivid profiles of writers and editors, ranging from the titans who transformed the field, such as John W. Campbell, to once popular writers who are now all but forgotten, such as Hugo Award-winner Mark Clifton. "If there is any particular cachet to my perspective," he writes, "it comes because my career is, perhaps more than some, metaphoric." The original, shorter version of the book was widely praised, as by the San Francisco Chronicle: "Contains literary criticism ranging over the whole history of the field. . . . this is a mordant, brilliant book," and by The Washington Post Book Worl"Malzberg makes persuasively clear that the best of science fiction should be valued as literature and nothing else." Breakfast in the Ruins is an indispensable book for every science fiction reader. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

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545

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Baen Publishing Enterprises

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1618245635

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9781618245632

The Business of Science Fiction

Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing

By: Mike Resnick,Barry N. Malzberg

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The Business of Science Fiction

Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing

By: Mike Resnick,Barry N. Malzberg

Two prolific and award-winning science fiction writers, Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg, have been publishing a "Dialogue" in every issue of the SFWA Bulletin, official publication of the Science Fiction Writers of America, for more than a decade. These collected columns explore every aspect of the literary genre, from writing to marketing to publishing, combining wit and insight with decades of experience.

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276

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McFarland

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0786456809

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9780786456802

Italian Cinema

By: Barry Forshaw

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Italian Cinema

By: Barry Forshaw

Italian cinema is one of the most glorious and energetic celebrations of the medium that any nation has ever offered. For many years, this astonishing legacy was largely unseen, but the DVD revolution is making virtually everything available, from Steve Reeves' muscle epics to long-unseen Italian art house movies. The one characteristic that most of the great (and not so great) Italian movies have in common is the sheer individualism of the directors. This applies to populist moviemakers and the giants of serious cinema. While Fellini, Visconti and Antonioni have rightly assumed their places in the pantheon, so have such talented popular auteurs as Sergio Leone, who was doing something with the Western that no American director would dare do. All the glory of Italian cinema is celebrated here in comprehensive essays, along with every key film in an easy-to-use reference format.

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Oldacastle Books

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1843449110

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Testing Too Much?

A Principal's Guide to Cutting Back Testing and Reclaiming Instructional Time

By: Philip A. Streifer,Barry Sheckley,Richard Ayers

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A Principal's Guide to Cutting Back Testing and Reclaiming Instructional Time

By: Philip A. Streifer,Barry Sheckley,Richard Ayers

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Rowman & Littlefield

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Improving Employee Development

Perspectives from Research and Practice

By: Barry G. Sheckley,Morris T. Keeton

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Perspectives from Research and Practice

By: Barry G. Sheckley,Morris T. Keeton

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Barry Long's Journal

By: Barry Long

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Barry Long's Journal

By: Barry Long

This is the first volume of an annual journal providing a collection of writings, sayings, jottings, articles, letters and transcripts of talks, published to document a living teaching. This volume covers the period from August 1990 to January 1991.

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1899324089

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Barry Rose's Anecdotage

By: Barry Rose

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Barry Rose's Anecdotage

By: Barry Rose

Barry Rose has had a full and eventful life: this book, consisting as it does of snippets of conversation he has had with all and sundry, is without 'form', its arrangement is not in datal or any other particular order, and is a book to be dipped into when there is an idle moment.

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1870234057

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Testing Too Much?

Testing Too Much?

Improving Employee Development

Improving Employee Development

Breakfast in the Ruins

Breakfast in the Ruins

The Business of Science Fiction

The Business of Science Fiction

Italian Cinema

Italian Cinema

Testing Too Much?

Testing Too Much?

Improving Employee Development

Improving Employee Development

Barry Long's Journal

Barry Long's Journal

Barry Rose's Anecdotage

Barry Rose's Anecdotage

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