Quick Search
For faster results please use our Quick Search engine.

Advanced Search

Search across titles, abstracts, authors, and keywords.
Advanced Search Guide.

86 results

Report

The Bronx New School: Weaving Assessment into the Fabric of Teaching and Learning. A Series on Authentic Assessment and Accountability

Available from: ERIC

See More

Abstract/Notes: In 1987, parents and teachers from diverse neighborhoods of a local school district in New York (New York) founded the Bronx New School, a small public elementary school of choice that was meant to be learner-centered, with high standards for all. The school was organized into heterogeneous, multi-age classes and structured to encourage collaboration among faculty, students, and families. In spite of political stresses, the school's founding values have survived. This report focuses on the first 3 years of its life, a time when a comprehensive assessment system was designed and used throughout the school. The assessment system was designed to support instruction and learning through the collection of descriptive records of student growth. Teacher-kept records, student-kept records, and samples of student work in portfolios are used in combination to develop a picture of student learning. A developmental framework constructed by teachers provides a general guide for expectations of

Language: English

Published: New York, New York, Sep 1994

Article

The Assessment Puzzle or Assessment 101

Available from: ProQuest

Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 16, no. 3

Pages: 22–24

See More

Language: English

ISSN: 1054-0040

Article

Montessori and Assessment: Some Issues of Assessment and Curriculum Reform

Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 20, no. 2

Pages: 116-130

Assessment, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals

See More

Abstract/Notes: Interviewed eight teachers and principals at three Montessori magnet schools in Kansas City, Missouri, concerning their preparation for mandated state and federal standardized tests. The administrators and teachers generally expressed negative attitudes toward the testing, which ignores the ungraded, holistic, student-centered curriculum of the Montessori approach to education. (MDM)

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Article

✓ Peer Reviewed

Classroom Assessment Within the Alternative Assessment Paradigm: Revisiting the Territory

Available from: Taylor and Francis Online

Publication: The Curriculum Journal, vol. 18, no. 1

Pages: 39-56

See More

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/09585170701292174

ISSN: 0958-5176, 1469-3704

Article

✓ Peer Reviewed

Formative Assessment: Assessment Is for Self-Regulated Learning

Available from: Springer Link

Publication: Educational Psychology Review, vol. 24, no. 2

Pages: 205-249

See More

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/s10648-011-9191-6

ISSN: 1040-726X, 1573-336X

Article

✓ Peer Reviewed

Assessment of Capabilities in Persons with Advanced Stage of Dementia: Validation of the Montessori Assessment System (MAS):

Available from: SAGE Journals

Publication: Dementia, vol. 18, no. 5

Pages: 1840-1857

Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, Gerontology, Montessori method of education, Montessori therapy, Montessori-Based Dementia Programming (MBDP), Montessori-based interventions (MBI)

See More

Abstract/Notes: This study evaluated the validity and reliability of the Montessori Assessment System. The Montessori Assessment System assesses preserved abilities in persons ...

Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/1471301217729533

ISSN: 1741-2684, 1471-3012

Book

Creating the Multi-Age Classroom: Organization, Curriculum, Instructional Strategies and Assessment for the Multi-Age Classroom Plus Considerations for Getting Started and Techniques for Classroom Management

See More

Abstract/Notes: Intended for teachers who have asked for information on how to manage a multi-age classroom, this book outlines the ideal classroom as it exists when all of the multi-age components are put in place. Opening sections of the guide discuss creating the multi-age classroom, and the advantages and principles of multi-age instruction. The next sections provide overviews of classroom organization, instructional strategies, curriculum, assessment and evaluation, and getting started. Each of these sections includes the overview, results of the changes brought about by multi-age instruction, and advice from the experts. Additional sections address scheduling, grouping strategies, working with Bloom's taxonomy, projects for active learners, using novels for literature instruction, and helping children discover themselves and others. Separate sections address the management of mathematics, authentic assessment and evaluation, and student record forms, with sample forms included. A glossary of

Language: English

Published: Edmonds, Washington: CATS Publications, Apr 1995

Edition: Revised

ISBN: 1-886753-03-2

School-wide Reading Assessment in a Montessori Program

See More

Language: English

Published: Newark, Delaware, 2006

Book

Understanding Assessment and Evaluation in Early Childhood Education

See More

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Teachers College Press, 2005

Edition: 2nd

Article

Assessment and Reform

Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 16, no. 2

Pages: 164–167

North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals

See More

Abstract/Notes: Presented at NAMTA conference on educational reform, Washington, DC, February 28-March 3, 1991

Language: English

ISSN: 1522-9734

Advanced Search