Transform teachers' and students' approaches to standardized tests from one of panic and anxiety to control and confidence! The nine chapters in this book provide the support teachers need to easily align their math lessons with required state standards. You'll create a year-long plan for teaching math while simultaneously ensuring state standards are met; learn about and implement best teaching practices; examine the relationship between released test items and the knowledge and skills students need to respond correctly; and discover ways to handle test preparation during the weeks before a test.
Author(s): Nancy Litton, Maryann Wickett
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 128
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Section I: Understanding Assessment......Page 14
Making Formative Assessment Count......Page 16
Planning to Teach Well and Test Well......Page 24
Section II: Teaching Computation with Alternative Algorithms......Page 42
Teaching and Testing Addition......Page 44
Teaching and Testing Subtraction......Page 60
Teaching and Testing Multiplication......Page 71
Teaching and Testing Division......Page 86
Section III: Developing an Environment for Success......Page 102
Creating a Classroom Culture That Supports Good Thinking and Good Testing......Page 104
The Weeks Before and During the Test......Page 118
Communicating with Administrators and Parents......Page 132
Afterword......Page 138
Index......Page 140
