Writing on Demand
Subtitle: Best Practices and Strategies for Success
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: February 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780325007281
Subjects: Teaching skills & techniques; Writing skills; Education; Education / Teaching; Textbooks; English; Secondary; Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Authorship; Composition and exercises; English language; Essay; Problems, exercises, etc; Standards; Study and teaching (Secondary); United States
First sentence: Until thoughtful educators are in complete charge of schools and allowed to make and enforce sensible decisions about assessment, teachers will continue to live in a world where externally mandated, large-scale, high-stakes tests are an inescapable part of the educational landscape.