Tuesday, August 18, 2009

New Book: Recommended by Lori Blake

Scoring Rubrics in the Classrooom by Arter & McTighe (3 copies)
LC1034.A78 2001
The authors wrote this book to help teachers achieve three goals:
1. clarify the targets of instruction, especially for hard-to-define problem solving.
2. provide valid and reliable assessment of student learning
3. improve student motivation and achievement by helping students understand the nature of quality for performances and producs.
Teachers and administrators will find this an essential resource in increasing teacher effectiveness and student performance.

1 comment:

Riette said...

I'm heading down to the library now to obtain a copy! Thank you for this recommendation.