Panhandle Area Educational Consortium


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additional resources

Exciting Teachers & Improving Student Achievement with Standards-Based Assessment Data
(All Content, Grade K-8)
Sandy Sanford

The following may be helpful in setting up teacher study groups, action research projects, etc. for the purpose of digging deeper into understanding data by using visual tools.

Teacher Learning Models
Faculty Study Groups:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/murphy202.cfm

Action Research:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/glanz203.cfm

Curriculum Resources

Internet for Classrooms (I4C) Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively (Based on Tennessee Standards but has many useful items)

The Nation's Report Card

Interactive Web Based Software

Statistical Graphs (Comparisons):
http://math.youngzones.org/stat_graph.html

Stem and Leaf Plotter
Web Based Software

Standards

MCREL Compendium of Standards
Setting the Standards for Standards-Based Education

Research

Achieve.org: Setting the Standard

Results Based Staff Development - National Staff Development Council

Learning Point Associates: An Exploratory Analysis of School-Based Student Assessment Systems

Making Sense of Graphs: Critical Factors Influencing Comprehension
Research article

Reading and Data Analysis Guide from SEDL

Understanding Graphs
Math Tools Website

West Ed Use of Data Report in PDF Format

What Works In Schools Resources - ASCD

Resources to Suggest to Parents

Parenting Perspectives: Understanding Test Scores

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