Instruction That Measures Up: Successful Teaching in the Age of Accountability

by W. James Popham

High-stakes testing. Mandated content standards and benchmarks. Public scrutiny of student and school performance. Accountability. Teachers today are challenged to provide instruction that will measure up: to the expectations of administrators, parents, and taxpayers; to their own professional standards; and, most essentially, to the needs of students.

Policy debates rage in the press, and pedagogical pundits always have a new and better...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416607641
• ISBN13: 9781416607649
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"