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Teaching & Learning: Sharing Best Practices for Achieving Academic Growth

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Ideas on assessments	6/10/04 8:39 AM
Author: Scott Smith

A charter school in southern Utah, Tuacahn School for the Performing Arts, has had me come in to provide an assessment for the school. Because I am a local professional as well as a parent of a child attending the school, I feel I would be very critical of the education provided at the school. This also pushes me to get more involved with the school. The school provided the monitoring tool that I filled out but my responsiblity was to attend school and assess without being monitored by the school itself. I could trully provide a bias opinion this way that would be effective and helpful for the school.

Posted as a reply to: Clarification regarding assessment by lori porter

Discussion Thread:

Sharing Best Practices for Achieving Academic Growth
Submitted by Bob Montgomery on 6/10/04 5:20 AM
- Sound Instructional Practice
  Submitted by Patricia Bradley on 6/10/04 5:39 AM
  - We do know what works
    Submitted by Mark Sorensen on 6/10/04 7:35 AM
  - Sound Instructional Practice
    Submitted by Fred Crawford on 6/10/04 7:52 AM
  - Clarification regarding assessment
    Submitted by lori porter on 6/10/04 8:21 AM
    - Ideas on assessments
      Submitted by Scott Smith on 6/10/04 8:39 AM
    - Assessing student performance
      Submitted by Joe Nathan on 6/10/04 10:46 AM
      - Other resources on assessment approaches
        Submitted by Bryan Hassel on 6/10/04 11:08 AM
    - Authentic Assessment
      Submitted by Patricia Bradley on 6/10/04 1:00 PM
- Sharing best practices
  Submitted by Carole Mottaz on 6/10/04 6:23 AM
  - Sharing: a skeptical note
    Submitted by Bryan Hassel on 6/10/04 6:34 AM
    - Bryan, you're skeptical and I'm the perennial optimist!
      Submitted by Carole Mottaz on 6/10/04 7:14 AM
      - Sharing and replicating
        Submitted by Lauren Morando Rhim on 6/10/04 9:20 AM
        
        Replicating no, learning & adapting yes
        Submitted by Joe Nathan on 6/10/04 10:42 AM
        
        Replication - yes, if
        Submitted by Bryan Hassel on 6/10/04 11:19 AM
        
        Replication
        Submitted by Lauren Morando Rhim on 6/10/04 2:10 PM
        
        Replication -- to adapt or not to adapt
        Submitted by Bryan Hassel on 6/10/04 2:57 PM
  - When sharing can help
    Submitted by Joe Nathan on 6/10/04 9:41 AM
    - Teachers sharing with teachers
      Submitted by Karen Kennedy on 6/10/04 11:23 AM
- What do you teach?
  Submitted by Cyndi Wells on 6/10/04 6:31 AM
  - How do I decide what to teach?
    Submitted by Carole Mottaz on 6/10/04 7:06 AM
    - Selecting a content-rich curriculum
      Submitted by Cyndi Wells on 6/10/04 7:36 AM
      - What to teach?
        Submitted by Gail Srebnik on 6/10/04 8:01 AM
- Where to find useful information
  Submitted by Doug Carnine on 6/10/04 9:15 AM
  - A Wonderful Resource from educators
    Submitted by Joe Nathan on 6/10/04 10:21 AM
  - Accessibilty to What Works
    Submitted by Mark Sorensen on 6/10/04 10:30 AM
    - Accessibility to what works-data and dessimination
      Submitted by Rebecca Akporiaye on 6/10/04 2:27 PM
- Information, Relationships and Identity
  Submitted by Gregg Sinner on 6/10/04 9:21 AM
  - so true...thank you!
    Submitted by Gail Srebnik on 6/10/04 9:37 AM
    - Downsizing
      Submitted by Lauren Morando Rhim on 6/10/04 11:35 AM
      - The issue of size...
        Submitted by Gail Srebnik on 6/10/04 12:10 PM
- Best Practices Project in San Diego
  Submitted by Ginger Hovenic on 6/10/04 2:08 PM